37.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Merotherie · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Merotherie
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Much higher rates of long-term health issues than most similar areas mark Merotherie, where 37.5% of people live with a chronic condition. This is well above the national figure of 27.7%, though surprisingly no one in the area reported a mental health condition.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
While 37.5% of residents have a long-term health issue—far above the New South Wales rate of 27.0%—most people here have no conditions at all. Among those who do, arthritis, asthma and heart disease are the most common.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Merotherie, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Merotherie reported needing help with daily activities. This is well below the Australian average of 5.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Merotherie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12591/merotherie/topic/health-disability