29.3%
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Merredin · Council (LGA)
Health & Disability in Merredin
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Merredin sits around the middle compared to similar areas for health and disability. About 29.3% of people live with a long-term health condition, which is well above the Western Australian figure. This reflects a community where nearly a third of residents manage ongoing health issues.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis and asthma are the most common long-term conditions here, affecting 9.9% and 9.0% of people respectively. While mental health conditions affect 8.5% of residents, this is about the same as the state and national figures.
8.5%
Higher than 50% of council (lga) 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 Merredin, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily help is needed by 5.7% of people, a figure that has risen 2.0 percentage points since 2011. This is a little above the Western Australian average, though it remains about the same as the national rate.
5.7% ▲ +55.3%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 5.7%
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 Merredin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA55460/merredin/topic/health-disability