15.6%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Merryvale · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Merryvale
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A far lower rate of long-term illness than the state average defines Merryvale, where only 15.6% of people report a chronic health condition. This is 13 percentage points below the Queensland figure, making it one of the healthiest areas in its class.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Very few residents live with chronic illness, and the rate of mental health conditions is much lower than most areas at 0%. Most people here have no long-term health issues, while 15.6% of the population report having just one condition.
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 Merryvale, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 29%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The need for help with daily activities is well below the national figure of 5.8%, with 0.0% of people in Merryvale requiring such assistance.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 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 Merryvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31816/merryvale/topic/health-disability