This statistic displays the share of the population experiencing mental and behavioral conditions in Australia in financial year 2018. That year, about 10.4 percent of Australians suffered from depression or feeling depressed.
Share of the population experiencing mental and behavioral conditions in Australia in financial year 2018, by condition
Characteristic
Share of population
Total mental and behavioural problems
20.1%
Total anxiety related disorders
13.1%
Anxiety disorders/feeling anxious, nervous or tense
11.6%
Total mood (affective) disorders
10.8%
Depression/feeling depressed
10.4%
Panic disorders/panic attacks
2.8%
Problems of psychological development
2.8%
Phobic anxiety disorders
1.7%
Other mental and behavioural problems
1.6%
Post-traumatic stress disorder
1.5%
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
1.4%
Behavioural, cognitive & emotional problems with usual onset in childhood/adolescence
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (December 12, 2018). Share of the population experiencing mental and behavioral conditions in Australia in financial year 2018, by condition [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/628868/australia-share-of-people-with-mental-and-behavioural-conditions/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Share of the population experiencing mental and behavioral conditions in Australia in financial year 2018, by condition." Chart. December 12, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/628868/australia-share-of-people-with-mental-and-behavioural-conditions/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2018). Share of the population experiencing mental and behavioral conditions in Australia in financial year 2018, by condition. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/628868/australia-share-of-people-with-mental-and-behavioural-conditions/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Share of The Population Experiencing Mental and Behavioral Conditions in Australia in Financial Year 2018, by Condition." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Dec 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/628868/australia-share-of-people-with-mental-and-behavioural-conditions/
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Share of the population experiencing mental and behavioral conditions in Australia in financial year 2018, by condition Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/628868/australia-share-of-people-with-mental-and-behavioural-conditions/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Share of the population experiencing mental and behavioral conditions in Australia in financial year 2018, by condition [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, December 12, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/628868/australia-share-of-people-with-mental-and-behavioural-conditions/
