beyondblue.org.au: Is depression common? Very common. Around one million Australian adults and 100,000 young people live with depression each year. On average

beyondblue.org.au: Is depression common? Very common. Around one million Australian adults and 100,000 young people live with depression each year. On average, one in five people will experience depression in their lifetime - one in four females and one in six males. That's out of a population of 21m.