14.6% ▼ -32.4%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Merbein · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Merbein
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong culture of helping others defines daily life in Merbein, where 14.6% of people volunteer. While this is slightly above the Victorian average, the number of local volunteers has fallen by 7 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of the community volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and roughly the same as the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.6% of people providing care—a figure much higher than most areas. This is mirrored by a high rate of housework, as 23.6% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid chores weekly, which is well above the state average.
14.6% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 23.6%
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.
Military service is slightly more common in Merbein than in Victoria, with 3.1% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
3.1%
Higher than 56% 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 Merbein [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215021396/merbein/topic/community