Melrose · Suburb / Locality

Health & Disability in Melrose

Name: Health & Disability in Melrose — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

Daily life in Melrose is marked by a generally healthy population, with 60.2% of residents reporting no long-term health conditions. This is a well-balanced community where health needs are about the same as the national average.

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📍 Melrose, Suburb / Locality

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

About 27.8% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well below the South Australian figure of 31.0%. Arthritis is the most common issue at 9.9%, while 8.2% of residents live with a mental health condition.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Melrose, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 25%.

None 60.2% One condition 22.5% Two conditions 4.4% Three or more 2.3%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Melrose splits fairly evenly between Arthritis (23%) and Mental health (19%), with Asthma at 17%.

Arthritis 9.9% Mental health 8.2% Asthma 7.0% Other condition 5.6% Heart disease 4.7% Cancer 2.6% Stroke 2.6% Diabetes 0.9% Lung condition 0.9%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Only 4.1% of people in Melrose need help with daily activities. This is a little below both the state average of 6.7% and the national figure of 5.8%.

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 Melrose [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40856/melrose/topic/health-disability

Where Melrose sits — People with a long-term health condition