Mental health

An overview of selected cultural and linguistic characteristics of people using subsidised mental health services and prescription medications

This is an overview of selected housing circumstances of people using subsidised mental health-related services and prescription medications

Data on people who have or do not have a mental health condition, and their experiences of homelessness in the past

• 20% or 4.8 million Australians had a mental or behavioural condition, an increase from 18% in 2014-15.
• 13% or 3.2 million Australians had an anxiety-related condition, an increase from 11% in 2014-15.
• 10% had depression or feelings of depression, an increase from 9% in 2014-15.

• 42.9% of people aged 16–85 years had experienced a mental disorder at some time in their life
• 21.5% of people had a 12-month mental disorder, with Anxiety being the most common group (17.2% of people aged 16–85 years)
• 38.8% of people aged 16–24 years had a 12-month mental disorder

Analysis of patterns of use of MBS subsidised mental health-related services and PBS subsidised mental health-related medications in 2011