26.9%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Cockatoo Valley · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Cockatoo Valley
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health conditions in Cockatoo Valley than in most similar areas. Only 26.9% of residents report a lasting health issue, which is well below the South Australian figure of 31.0%. This creates a profile of a generally healthy population for the region.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term condition at 9.6%, followed by mental health issues at 8.7%. This mental health figure is a little below the state average, and the vast majority of residents—68%—report having no long-term health conditions at all.
8.7%
Lower than 64% 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 Cockatoo Valley, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 4.1% of people need help with daily activities, which is much lower than in most areas. While this remains a little below the national figure, the proportion of people needing such support has risen by 1.4 percentage points since 2011.
4.1% ▲ +50.9%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Cockatoo Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421006/cockatoo-valley/topic/health-disability