The ABS has released the results of the 2020-21 National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing. 

Key statistics include:

• Over two in five Australians aged 16-85 years (43.7% or 8.6 million people) had experienced a mental disorder at some time in their life
• One in five (21.4% or 4.2 million people) had a mental disorder in 2020-21
• Anxiety was the most common group of mental disorders (16.8% or 3.3 million people)
• Almost two in five people (39.6%) aged 16-24 years had a mental disorder in 2020-21
• In 2020-21, 3.4 million Australians aged 16-85 years (17.5%) saw a health professional for their mental health.
• More than one in five (22.8%) females saw a health professional for their mental health, compared with one in eight males (12.2%)
• Around one in four (24.1%) people aged 16-34 years saw a health professional for their mental health.