20.8%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Merrijig · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Merrijig
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A much smaller share of people report long-term health issues in Merrijig compared to the rest of the country. Only 20.8% of residents live with a long-term condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This creates a profile of a population that is generally healthier than most other Australian areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term condition here at 7.4%. While 7.1% of residents have a mental health condition, this is a little below the 8.8% seen across Victoria and Australia. Most people, 65%, report having no long-term health conditions at all.
7.1%
Lower than 60% 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 Merrijig, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is manageable for almost everyone here, with only 1.4% of people needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% recorded for Australia and the 5.9% seen across Victoria.
1.4% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Merrijig [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21667/merrijig/topic/health-disability