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DISABILITY IN AUSTRALIA
18.3% of Australians have some form of disability – 4 million people in Australia. That’s one in five people.02
4,000,000
In 2016, Vision Australia estimated that there were 384,000 people in Australia who are blind or have low vision. They project this number will grow to 564,000 by 2030. (Refractive error* not included).02
384,000
78.5% of people with disability reported a physical condition, such as back problems, as their main long–term health condition.01
78.5%
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), ‘disabilities is an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions.’ The WHO estimates that about 15 per cent of the world’s population live with some form of disability. That’s one billion people. Disability is not just an issue of health, it is a complex, diverse and multilayered experience that connects the features of a person’s body with the society they are a part of.
In any one year, 1 million Australian adults have depression, and over 2 million have anxiety.08
1,000,000
4.4% of people with disability in Australia use a wheelchair.06
4.4%
Almost one-third
of people with a disability in Australia have a profound or severe disability.01
22.1% of Australians have a long-term health condition.05
22.1%
The remaining 21.5% reported mental and behavioural disorders.01
21.5%
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