Table 2.

Demographic characteristics, mental health conditions and risks.

Variable	N (Total N = 567)	%
Gender
Female	345	60.8
Male	220	38.8
Transgender or gender non-conforming	2	0.4
Age
18 – 34	206	36.3
35 – 54	257	45.3
55+	104	18.3
Employment Status
Employedb	136	24.0
Unemployed	120	21.2
Unable work due to health reasons	231	40.7
Otherc	80	14.1
Marital Status
Never married	285	50.3
Married or living together in a relationship	136	24.0
Otherd	146	25.7
Education Level
Some high school or lesse	210	37.0
Completed high school certificate	92	16.2
Technical and further education (TAFE) certificate or diploma	212	37.4
Diploma, University degree or higher	53	9.3
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander	77a	13.6
Mental Health Conditionfg
Depression	343	60.5
Anxiety	302	53.3
Schizophrenia or other psychotic disorder	150	26.5
Bipolar disorder	119	21.0
Post-traumatic stress disorder	87	15.3
Personality disorder	83	14.6
Substance use disorder	36	6.3
Eating disorder	29	5.1
Obsessive-compulsive disorder	9	1.6
Otherh	17	3.0
Behavioural Risk Variables i, j
Tobacco smoking	303	53.5
Harmful chronic alcohol consumption	114	20.1
Harmful acute alcohol consumption	246	43.5
Inadequate fruit and vegetable intakek	355	66.0
Inadequate moderate to vigorous physical activity	428	75.5
Inadequate strength activity	464	81.8
BMIi
Underweight (<18.5)	23	4.6
Healthy weight (18.5 – 24.9)	137	27.5
High BMIl (25.0 + )	339	67.9

^an = 1 Torres Strait Islander.

^bincludes full time, part time, casual, on maternity leave.

^cincludes home duties, student, retired, other.

^dincludes separated, divorced, widowed.

^eincludes never attended school, some primary school, completed primary school, some high school, school certificate.

^fparticipants could report one or more mental health conditions.

^gN = 18 report did not report a mental health condition.

^hother conditions reported included ADHD, Autism and Epilepsy.

ⁱthere was some variability in total n sizes for each variable (n BMI = 499; n fruit and vegetable intake = 538; n smoking = 566; n both alcohol = 566; and n both activity = 567) due to missing data.

^jthe proportion of participants at risk due to ‘‘don’t know’ responses, ranged from 0% (smoking) to 4.3% (chronic alcohol consumption).

^k88.5% (n = 476) were at risk for vegetable intake, and 66.5% (n = 358) were at risk for fruit intake. N = 29 not asked as had an eating disorder.

^l24.6% (n = 123) were overweight (25.0 – 29.9), and 43.3% (n = 216) were obese (30.0 + ).