18.4% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Merewether - The Junction · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Merewether - The Junction
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 18% of people in Merewether - The Junction volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This is a community where people are significantly more likely to give their time to others compared to most other areas. It also shows a higher-than-average rate of people providing unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas, with 18.4% of residents helping out, though this is 2.1 percentage points lower than in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more frequent than in the rest of the state, with 13.3% of people providing care and 27.8% looking after children unpaid. Meanwhile, about 20.6% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is about the same as the national figure.
13.3% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
A little more than 3.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the New South Wales figure.
3.5%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Merewether - The Junction [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/111031228/merewether-the-junction/topic/community