25.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Melville · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Melville
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people live with long-term health issues in Melville than in most other areas. Around 25.9% of residents have a long-term condition, which is a little below the national figure. This suggests a generally healthy population compared to the rest of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 25.9% of people have a long-term health condition, with mental health (8.6%), other conditions (7.9%), and arthritis (7.4%) being the most common. Most residents—68%—report having no long-term health conditions at all.
8.6%
Higher than 55% 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 Melville, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is needed by 4.4% of residents. This is about the same as the Western Australian figure of 4.6% and a little below the national rate of 5.8%.
4.4% ▲ +7.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Melville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50932/melville/topic/health-disability