20.8% ▼ -22.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Meerschaum Vale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Meerschaum Vale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people contribute their time to others in Meerschaum Vale than in most similar areas. Roughly 21% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.8% of people giving their time, a figure well above the New South Wales rate of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 31.5% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, those providing unpaid care are at 9.8%, which is much lower than most areas.
9.8% ▼ -37.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.7% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.5% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 31.5%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.4% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
3.4%
Higher than 63% 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 Meerschaum Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12566/meerschaum-vale/topic/community