18.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Meerlieu · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Meerlieu
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Meerlieu than in the rest of the country. Only 18.9% of residents report a chronic condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are reported by 18.9% of people, which is well below the Victorian average of 27.4%. Mental health conditions affect 7.8% of the population, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
7.8%
Lower than 53% 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 Meerlieu, None is the majority at 79%; One condition is next at 13%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Meerlieu reports needing help with daily activities. This 0.0% rate is much lower than most areas and well below the 5.8% national figure.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 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 Meerlieu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21639/meerlieu/topic/health-disability