20.7%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Merivale · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Merivale
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Merivale than in the rest of the country. Only 20.7% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This highlights a community with a notably strong health profile compared to most other areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much lower here than in most areas, affecting only 3.4% of people. Among those with long-term health issues, asthma is the most common at 9.2%, while 62.1% of the whole population reports having no health conditions at all.
3.4%
Lower than 82% 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 Merivale, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Merivale reports needing help with daily activities. This 0.0% figure is well below both the Western Australian average of 4.6% and the national figure of 5.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Merivale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50936/merivale/topic/health-disability