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9.1 All persons, Selected personal characteristicsBy whether has mental health condition or long-term health conditionEstimates ('000)
9.2 All persons, Selected personal characteristicsBy whether has mental health condition or long-term health conditionRSE of Estimates (%)
9.3 All persons, Selected personal characteristicsBy whether has mental health condition or long-term health conditionProportions (%)
9.4 All persons, Selected personal characteristicsBy whether has mental health condition or long-term health conditionRSE of Proportions (%)
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Table 9.1 All persons, Selected personal characteristicsBy whether has mental health condition or long-term heal
Demographics
Labour force status
Employed
Full-time
Part-time
Unemployed
Not in the labour force
Retired from work
Other
Household composition
Couple only, one family households
Person aged under 35
Person aged 3564
Person aged 65 or over
One family households with children
Person in couple family
Person in one parent family
Lone person households
Person aged under 35
Person aged 3564
Person aged 65 or over
Person in other households
Country of birth and proficiency in spoken English
Born in Australia
Born in other country
Recent migrants
Proficiency in Spoken English
Well or Very well
Not well or Not at all
Speaks English only
Other migrants
Proficiency in Spoken English
Well or Very well
Not well or Not at all
Speaks English only
Remoteness areas
Major cities
Inner regional
Other areas
Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage
Lowest decile
Second decile
Third decile
Fourth decile
Fifth decile
Sixth decile
Seventh decile
Eighth decile
Ninth decile
Highest decile
Marital status
Married in a registered marriage
Married in a de facto marriage
Not married
Education
Currently studying
Highest year of school completed
Year 12
Year 11
Year 10
Year 9 or below
Level of highest non-school qualification
Bachelor Degree or above
Advanced Diploma/Diploma or below
No non-school qualification
Income
Main source of household income
Employee income
Unincorporated business income
Government pensions and allowances
Other income
Time that government support has been main source of income in last 2 years
No time / Government support has not been main source of income
1-3 months
4-6 months
7-9 months
10-12 months
13-18 months
19-24 months
Equivalised gross household income quintiles
Lowest quintile
Second quintile
Third quintile
Fourth quintile
Highest quintile
Not known or not stated
All persons
990.4
6,914.1
3,775.5
4,125.6
723.9
3,220.9
2,086.4
1,866.7
215.7
559.7
397.4
376.8
845.3
2,712.4
2,933.8
623.8
595.9
1,720.0
1,256.0
1,053.5
189.2
1,245.3
537.1
895.6
398.0
1,863.0
1,367.4
890.6
266.9
1,589.3
1,496.4
363.0
1,213.5
6,496.2
3,918.8
3,782.5
545.0
1,251.0
1,038.9
760.0
71.3
239.4
147.6
164.1
288.9
786.2
668.8
406.4
187.2
719.5
737.7
164.6
214.1
940.8
533.9
614.9
2,695.9
10,023.3
7,508.3
5,211.7
30.1
912.8
236.6
714.3
9.3
206.6
48.4
176.8
32.9
407.6
211.6
226.5
201.1
1,304.5
832.6
671.3
63.2
300.1
244.0
130.6
334.1
1,943.0
1,363.4
903.3
2,307.3
10,992.8
7,338.3
5,961.5
718.9
2,633.0
2,062.9
1,287.7
341.8
1,501.4
1,047.3
797.2
431.2
1,300.9
1,086.1
650.6
361.5
1,516.2
1,122.7
747.6
349.3
1,347.3
984.4
706.7
352.4
1,366.8
987.9
736.8
378.5
1,624.5
1,138.2
869.0
381.0
1,609.7
1,043.0
954.4
328.6
1,519.7
1,005.7
828.5
228.0
1,744.0
1,052.1
925.1
249.4
1,534.9
973.0
819.0
312.6
1,552.0
1,062.0
810.9
1,315.4
7,886.4
5,340.4
3,862.2
389.5
1,609.6
1,022.6
986.2
1,654.3
5,626.1
4,081.7
3,198.1
588.2
2,650.8
1,472.0
1,772.3
1,537.5
8,579.9
5,045.7
5,068.8
461.4
1,519.1
1,109.5
866.8
860.8
3,041.9
2,474.2
1,420.4
494.7
1,971.1
1,781.5
681.9
618.6
3,939.1
2,258.2
2,286.2
1,360.5
5,413.6
3,930.6
2,843.2
1,393.9
5,765.7
4,259.5
2,912.6
1,888.1
10,267.5
6,036.6
6,119.3
99.6
669.0
368.6
397.8
1,051.4
2,405.2
2,695.4
757.2
185.0
1,214.0
918.7
492.4
1,872.1
11,769.7
6,798.8
6,844.8
89.6
267.3
200.7
149.4
87.3
249.7
185.9
145.1
16.2
120.2
69.1
78.0
114.9
282.2
278.6
122.0
47.6
100.0
103.7
45.2
1,125.9
2,260.3
2,759.3
633.0
657.8
1,704.3
1,606.7
755.9
676.8
2,181.5
1,900.1
949.9
479.9
2,470.2
1,574.1
1,367.2
459.9
2,740.3
1,520.2
1,670.7
355.2
2,584.3
1,545.2
1,402.0
745.7
3,438.0
2,296.4
1,891.6
3,364.2
15,117.9
10,441.9
8,046.9
Total persons
7,904.4
3,950.0
780.9
3,557.4
2,308.9
1,430.6
2,259.6
1,853.4
7,703.5
1,798.8
311.9
1,074.5
906.1
1,155.9
12,725.0
946.4
215.5
439.2
1,505.7
366.4
2,275.0
13,293.4
3,347.0
1,844.5
1,739.4
1,872.8
1,695.3
1,714.2
2,007.6
1,987.5
1,841.6
1,970.4
1,784.2
1,868.6
9,201.2
2,008.8
7,283.0
3,234.9
10,111.8
1,980.5
3,896.4
2,455.8
4,553.7
6,774.5
7,169.2
12,157.6
771.2
3,452.8
1,405.5
13,635.5
349.2
337.5
137.9
396.8
151.3
3,387.2
2,359.3
2,855.6
2,950.3
3,194.1
2,941.3
4,187.1
18,485.9
Table 9.2 All persons, Selected personal characteristicsBy whether has mental health condition or long-term heal
Demographics
Labour force status
Employed
Full-time
Part-time
Unemployed
Not in the labour force
Retired from work
Other
Household composition
Couple only, one family households
Person aged under 35
Person aged 3564
Person aged 65 or over
One family households with children
Person in couple family
Person in one parent family
Lone person households
Person aged under 35
Person aged 3564
Person aged 65 or over
Person in other households
Country of birth and proficiency in spoken English
Born in Australia
Born in other country
Recent migrants
Proficiency in Spoken English
Well or Very well
Not well or Not at all
Speaks English only
Other migrants
Proficiency in Spoken English
Well or Very well
Not well or Not at all
Speaks English only
Remoteness areas
Major cities
Inner regional
Other areas
Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage
Lowest decile
Second decile
Third decile
Fourth decile
Fifth decile
Sixth decile
Seventh decile
Eighth decile
Ninth decile
Highest decile
Marital status
Married in a registered marriage
Married in a de facto marriage
Not married
Education
Currently studying
Highest year of school completed
Year 12
Year 11
Year 10
Year 9 or below
Level of highest non-school qualification
Bachelor Degree or above
Advanced Diploma/Diploma or below
No non-school qualification
Income
Main source of household income
Employee income
Unincorporated business income
Government pensions and allowances
Other income
Time that government support has been main source of income in last 2 years
No time / Government support has not been main source of income
1-3 months
4-6 months
7-9 months
10-12 months
13-18 months
19-24 months
Equivalised gross household income quintiles
Lowest quintile
Second quintile
Third quintile
Fourth quintile
Highest quintile
Not known or not stated
All persons
6.5
1.9
3.0
7.3
3.4
4.0
4.7
9.6
9.1
8.4
11.8
5.4
1.6
2.2
6.3
7.2
4.3
4.8
5.8
10.5
4.6
8.0
5.7
8.7
3.8
4.8
5.9
10.6
2.4
3.1
8.2
6.2
1.5
3.0
3.0
7.6
4.9
5.0
6.3
16.5
9.1
12.7
9.8
6.8
4.1
4.6
5.7
8.4
4.1
3.9
11.1
14.7
8.4
8.2
10.1
3.4
1.2
1.6
2.6
35.9
7.6
11.9
8.0
15.2
26.5
15.0
10.9
14.0
12.5
33.0
3.2
15.2
4.9
6.9
7.6
21.7
10.5
10.2
17.6
7.4
4.1
4.6
5.9
4.3
1.2
2.2
2.0
6.8
5.6
6.3
6.3
9.7
6.5
7.2
7.6
5.8
4.0
4.1
6.2
7.8
6.5
6.3
8.7
10.0
7.1
7.7
7.2
10.8
8.2
8.1
9.7
10.1
8.8
8.8
9.1
13.1
7.8
8.9
10.2
13.1
7.4
8.6
9.2
13.6
7.7
8.4
9.2
14.6
7.7
8.2
10.0
15.4
6.0
7.7
9.0
5.0
1.3
2.0
2.7
9.0
4.1
5.5
5.4
4.5
1.8
2.6
3.3
7.7
3.4
5.0
4.7
4.3
1.3
2.5
2.2
11.0
4.3
6.0
7.3
5.8
2.5
3.1
4.9
7.3
4.3
4.4
8.4
8.2
2.8
4.0
3.9
4.9
2.2
2.4
3.5
5.4
2.1
2.6
3.4
4.6
1.0
2.0
1.9
20.6
6.7
9.7
10.8
4.5
2.5
2.4
6.3
16.6
5.3
5.1
9.3
4.0
1.0
2.0
2.0
18.6
11.7
11.3
17.3
16.8
12.2
12.9
18.2
36.2
19.7
24.0
25.9
17.9
10.5
10.1
17.9
25.0
14.1
16.9
23.9
4.6
2.6
2.7
6.0
5.5
3.6
3.4
6.8
7.5
3.4
3.7
5.9
7.1
4.3
4.2
6.0
8.2
3.4
4.7
4.9
11.7
3.3
4.9
5.0
8.0
3.2
4.4
4.7
3.0
0.7
1.3
1.7
Total persons
1.7
2.7
7.2
1.7
3.2
4.2
3.4
2.1
1.3
3.5
9.0
3.6
3.7
6.8
1.0
7.2
14.8
10.4
4.9
8.6
3.6
1.2
5.4
6.5
3.1
5.9
6.8
7.9
7.9
7.8
7.0
7.7
7.7
5.2
1.0
3.6
1.3
2.7
1.1
4.1
2.0
3.8
2.6
1.9
1.6
0.7
5.9
1.8
4.8
0.7
9.6
10.4
17.4
9.5
12.7
2.0
2.8
3.1
3.6
3.3
3.2
3.0
0.0
Table 9.3 All persons, Selected personal characteristicsBy whether has mental health condition or long-term health c
Demographics
Labour force status
Employed
Full-time
Part-time
Unemployed
Not in the labour force
Retired from work
Other
Household composition
Couple only, one family households
Person aged under 35
Person aged 3564
Person aged 65 or over
One family households with children
Person in couple family
Person in one parent family
Lone person households
Person aged under 35
Person aged 3564
Person aged 65 or over
Person in other households
Country of birth and proficiency in spoken English
Born in Australia
Born in other country
Recent migrants
Proficiency in Spoken English
Well or Very well
Not well or Not at all
Speaks English only
Other migrants
Proficiency in Spoken English
Well or Very well
1-3 months
4-6 months
7-9 months
10-12 months
13-18 months
19-24 months
Equivalised gross household income quintiles
Lowest quintile
Second quintile
Third quintile
Fourth quintile
Highest quintile
Not known or not stated
All persons
29.4
45.7
36.2
51.3
21.5
21.3
20.0
23.2
6.4
3.7
3.8
4.7
25.1
17.9
28.1
7.8
17.7
11.4
12.0
13.1
5.6
8.2
5.1
11.1
11.8
12.3
13.1
11.1
7.9
10.5
14.3
4.5
36.1
43.0
37.5
47.0
16.2
8.3
9.9
9.4
2.1
1.6
1.4
2.0
8.6
5.2
6.4
5.1
5.6
4.8
7.1
2.0
6.4
6.2
5.1
7.6
80.1
66.3
71.9
64.8
0.9
6.0
2.3
8.9
0.3
1.4
0.5
2.2
1.0
2.7
2.0
2.8
6.0
8.6
8.0
8.3
1.9
2.0
2.3
1.6
9.9
12.9
13.1
11.2
68.6
72.7
70.3
74.1
21.4
17.4
19.8
16.0
10.2
9.9
10.0
9.9
12.8
8.6
10.4
8.1
10.7
10.0
10.8
9.3
10.4
8.9
9.4
8.8
10.5
9.0
9.5
9.2
11.3
10.7
10.9
10.8
11.3
10.6
10.0
11.9
9.8
10.1
9.6
10.3
6.8
11.5
10.1
11.5
7.4
10.2
9.3
10.2
9.3
10.3
10.2
10.1
39.1
52.2
51.1
48.0
11.6
10.6
9.8
12.3
49.2
37.2
39.1
39.7
17.5
17.5
14.1
22.0
45.7
56.8
48.3
63.0
13.7
10.0
10.6
10.8
25.6
20.1
23.7
17.7
14.7
13.0
17.1
8.5
18.4
26.1
21.6
28.4
40.4
35.8
37.6
35.3
41.4
38.1
40.8
36.2
56.1
67.9
57.8
76.0
3.0
4.4
3.5
4.9
31.3
15.9
25.8
9.4
5.5
8.0
8.8
6.1
55.6
77.9
65.1
85.1
2.7
1.8
1.9
1.9
2.6
1.7
1.8
1.8
0.5
0.8
0.7
1.0
3.4
1.9
2.7
1.5
1.4
0.7
1.0
0.6
33.5
15.0
26.4
7.9
19.6
11.3
15.4
9.4
20.1
14.4
18.2
11.8
14.3
16.3
15.1
17.0
13.7
18.1
14.6
20.8
10.6
17.1
14.8
17.4
22.2
22.7
22.0
23.5
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Total persons
42.8
21.4
4.2
19.2
12.5
7.7
12.2
10.0
41.7
9.7
1.7
5.8
4.9
6.3
68.8
5.1
1.2
2.4
8.1
2.0
12.3
71.9
18.1
10.0
9.4
10.1
9.2
9.3
10.9
10.8
10.0
10.7
9.7
10.1
49.8
10.9
39.4
17.5
54.7
10.7
21.1
13.3
24.6
36.6
38.8
65.8
4.2
18.7
7.6
73.8
1.9
1.8
0.7
2.1
0.8
18.3
12.8
15.4
16.0
17.3
15.9
22.7
100.0
Table 9.4 All persons, Selected personal characteristicsBy whether has mental health condition or long-term health c
Demographics
Labour force status
Employed
Full-time
Part-time
Unemployed
Not in the labour force
Retired from work
Other
Household composition
Couple only, one family households
Person aged under 35
Person aged 3564
Person aged 65 or over
One family households with children
Person in couple family
Person in one parent family
Lone person households
Person aged under 35
Person aged 3564
Person aged 65 or over
Person in other households
Country of birth and proficiency in spoken English
Born in Australia
Born in other country
Recent migrants
Proficiency in Spoken English
Well or Very well
Not well or Not at all
Speaks English only
Other migrants
Proficiency in Spoken English
Well or Very well
1-3 months
4-6 months
7-9 months
10-12 months
13-18 months
19-24 months
Equivalised gross household income quintiles
Lowest quintile
Second quintile
Third quintile
Fourth quintile
Highest quintile
Not known or not stated
All persons
5.8
1.8
2.7
2.7
6.7
3.4
3.8
4.4
9.1
9.1
8.3
11.7
4.6
1.4
1.8
6.0
6.6
4.2
4.6
5.6
10.1
4.5
7.9
5.4
8.2
3.7
4.6
5.6
10.2
2.3
2.8
8.1
5.5
1.4
2.7
2.5
6.9
4.8
4.8
6.0
16.2
9.1
12.6
9.7
6.1
4.1
4.4
5.4
7.9
4.0
3.6
11.0
14.4
8.3
8.1
9.9
1.6
1.0
1.0
2.0
35.8
7.5
11.9
7.8
15.2
26.5
14.9
32.8
10.9
13.9
12.4
14.9
4.8
6.8
7.5
21.5
10.5
10.1
17.5
6.7
4.0
4.4
5.7
3.2
1.0
1.8
1.1
6.2
5.6
6.2
6.1
9.3
6.5
7.1
7.4
5.0
4.0
3.9
6.0
7.2
6.4
6.2
8.5
9.6
7.1
7.6
7.1
10.4
8.2
8.0
9.6
9.7
8.8
8.7
9.0
12.7
7.8
8.8
10.0
12.8
7.4
8.5
9.1
13.3
7.7
8.3
9.0
14.3
7.7
8.1
9.8
15.2
6.0
7.6
8.8
4.0
1.1
1.6
2.1
8.4
4.0
5.4
5.1
3.3
1.7
2.3
2.9
7.1
3.3
4.9
4.4
3.1
1.1
2.1
1.4
10.6
4.3
5.9
7.1
5.0
2.4
2.9
4.6
6.7
4.3
4.2
8.3
7.6
2.7
3.8
3.5
3.9
2.1
2.0
3.1
4.6
2.0
2.2
3.0
3.5
0.7
1.5
1.0
20.4
6.7
9.6
10.7
3.4
2.4
2.1
6.1
16.3
5.3
4.9
9.1
2.7
0.7
1.5
1.2
18.4
11.7
11.2
17.3
16.6
12.2
12.9
18.1
36.0
19.6
23.9
25.8
17.6
10.5
10.0
17.8
24.8
14.1
16.8
23.9
3.5
2.5
2.4
5.8
4.6
3.6
3.1
6.6
6.9
3.4
3.5
5.6
6.5
4.2
4.0
5.8
7.6
3.3
4.6
4.6
11.3
3.2
4.7
4.8
7.5
3.1
4.2
4.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Total persons
1.7
2.7
7.2
1.7
3.2
4.2
3.4
2.1
1.3
3.5
9.0
3.6
3.7
6.8
1.0
7.2
14.8
10.4
4.9
8.6
3.6
1.2
5.4
6.5
3.1
5.9
6.8
7.9
7.9
7.8
7.0
7.7
7.7
5.2
1.0
3.6
1.3
2.7
1.1
4.1
2.0
3.8
2.6
1.9
1.6
0.7
5.9
1.8
4.8
0.7
9.6
10.4
17.4
9.5
12.7
2.0
2.8
3.1
3.6
3.3
3.2
3.0
0.0