34.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Glen Mervyn · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Glen Mervyn
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than a third of residents in Glen Mervyn live with a long-term health condition. This is well above the national figure, with mental health issues being particularly common in the area.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 34% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well above the 26.1% seen across Western Australia. Mental health conditions are among the highest for this level of area, affecting 17% of the population.
17.0%
Higher than 96% 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 Glen Mervyn, the largest group is None at 49%, followed by One condition (32%) and Two conditions (10%).
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the high rate of health conditions, no one in Glen Mervyn reported needing help with daily activities, a figure well below the national average of 5.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.3%
- 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 Glen Mervyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50554/glen-mervyn/topic/health-disability