10.2% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Melinga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Melinga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Melinga do a lot of housework than in most other areas, with 28.6% spending 15 or more hours a week on these tasks. This level of home activity stands in contrast to local volunteering, which is notably low. The area also has a higher-than-average number of former defence force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.2% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.3% of people providing care and 23.5% looking after children, though this last figure is a little below the state average. This aligns with the high number of residents doing heavy housework.
14.3% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.5% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 28.6%
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 slightly higher proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force compared to the rest of the country, at 4.2%.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Melinga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12570/melinga/topic/community