22.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mettler · Suburb / Locality
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Very few people in Mettler report living with long-term health issues, and no one reported a mental health condition in the latest census. This makes the area much healthier than most other places in Australia, with only 22.9% of residents living with a long-term condition.
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health rates are well below the national figure of 27.7%, and the most common issues are arthritis at 17.1% and diabetes at 14.3%. For most residents, health is good, with 62.9% reporting no long-term conditions at all.
22.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
In Mettler, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 19%.
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Mettler reported needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% of people who need such assistance across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Mettler [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50942/mettler/topic/health-disability