23.0%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Cooktown · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Cooktown
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report long-term health issues in Cooktown compared to the rest of the state. Only 23% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the Queensland figure of 28.8%. This trend of better-than-average health is seen across both physical and mental health reports.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much less common here than in most areas, affecting 6.1% of people. Arthritis is the most reported long-term health issue at 7.6%, while 62.4% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
6.1%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
Number of long-term health conditions
View on map →In Cooktown, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The proportion of people needing help with daily activities is 4.9%, which is lower than in most other areas. This figure has fallen by 1.2 percentage points since 2011, making it slightly lower than the Queensland average of 6%.
4.9% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Cooktown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315024/cooktown/topic/health-disability