32.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Melba · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Melba
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than one in three people in Melba live with a long-term health condition. This is well above the national figure of 27.7%, with mental health and asthma being the most common issues reported by residents.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 32.3% of people have a long-term health condition, which is higher than most areas. Mental health conditions are particularly common at 11.7%, a figure that is much higher than in most other similar places.
11.7%
Higher than 81% 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 Melba, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 5.2% of residents need some help with their daily activities. This is about the same as the figures for both the ACT and Australia.
5.2% ▲ +56.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 Melba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80094/melba/topic/health-disability