21.2%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Merryburn · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Merryburn
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 67.2% of people in Merryburn have no long-term health conditions, making it a remarkably healthy area. Only 21.2% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below both the Queensland and national figures.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition at 6.9%, followed by asthma at 5.3%. The proportion of people with a mental health condition is a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
6.9%
Lower than 62% 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 Merryburn, None is the majority at 78%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A small number of residents need help with daily activities, at 4.2%. This is slightly lower than the 6.0% seen across Queensland and the 5.8% national average.
4.2% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 Merryburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31815/merryburn/topic/health-disability