How do I interpret the output of an intercept in an ANOVA in R?

Hi dear R Community,
given the case I have the following output below, how do I interpret the Intercept? What does it actually describe?

Your help is much appreciated!

Anova Table (Type III tests)

Response: depression
Sum Sq Df F value Pr(>F)
(Intercept) 1656.39 1 152.3334 < 2.2e-16 ***
area 7.51 1 0.6903 0.409717
living 125.33 2 5.7633 0.005387 **
area:living 121.32 2 5.5789 0.006274 **
Residuals 587.17 54

Signif. codes: 0 ‘’ 0.001 ‘’ 0.01 ‘’ 0.05 ‘.’ 0.1 ‘ ’ 1

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