25.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Marlo Merrican · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Marlo Merrican
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A significant gap exists between Marlo Merrican and the rest of the country, as 11.7% of people here need help with daily activities. This is well above the national figure of 5.8%. While overall long-term health issues are slightly lower than average, mental health challenges are much more common in this area.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 25% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 27%. However, mental health conditions affect 13.3% of the population, a rate that is well above both the state (8.0%) and national (8.8%) figures.
13.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality 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 Marlo Merrican, None is the majority at 78%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily tasks is among the most common experience for this level of area. At 11.7%, the proportion of people requiring assistance is well above the 5.8% seen across Australia and New South Wales.
11.7% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 11.7%
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 Marlo Merrican [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12505/marlo-merrican/topic/health-disability