9.8% ▼ -30.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Meadowbank · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Meadowbank
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer than 10% of residents in Meadowbank volunteer their time, which is well below the national figure. This area shows a much lower level of community and unpaid work across the board compared to other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.8% of people here are volunteers, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales average of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower than in most areas, with only 6.8% providing unpaid care and 19.1% caring for children unpaid, both well below the national figures.
6.8% ▲ +0.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.1% ▲ +6.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.3% ▲ +19.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 15.3%
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.
About 0.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
0.9%
Lower than 68% 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 Meadowbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12560/meadowbank/topic/community