37.2%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mount Mercer · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mount Mercer
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A much higher proportion of residents in Mount Mercer live with long-term health conditions compared to the rest of the country. While 37.2% of the population reports a chronic health issue, the national figure is only 27.7%. This creates a significant gap in health needs for the local area.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Chronic health issues are common here, with arthritis and asthma being the most reported, though mental health conditions are much lower than the state and national figures. Most of the 37.2% who have a condition only deal with one, while 3.2% have three or more.
3.2%
Lower than 83% 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 Mount Mercer, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 27%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.3% of people need some help with daily activities, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
5.3% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 5.3%
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 Mount Mercer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21804/mount-mercer/topic/health-disability