11.6% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marlo Merrican · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Marlo Merrican
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much more unpaid work is done at home in Marlo Merrican than in other parts of the country. While volunteering is less common here, a striking 41.9% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less frequent here than in most similar areas. Only 11.6% of people volunteer, which is a little below the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Home life involves significant unpaid work, with 34.9% of people spending 15 or more hours on housework—far above the New South Wales figure of 21.2%. This is consistent with the very high rate of people caring for children unpaid, which is 16 points higher than the Australian average.
11.6% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
41.9% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.9% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 34.9%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas and slightly below the national rate of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Marlo Merrican [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12505/marlo-merrican/topic/community