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Melonba · Suburb / Locality

Community Participation in Melonba

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

Almost 46% of people in Melonba provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This high level of family care stands out in a place where other forms of community involvement, such as volunteering, are quite low.

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📍 Melonba, Suburb / Locality

Where Melonba sits — Volunteers

6.9% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Melonba — lower than 92% of areas.

Melonba6.9%
2765, NSW 8.8%
New South Wales 13.0%
Australia 14.1%

Participation

Volunteering for organisations and groups.

Only 6.9% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and among the lowest rates for similar areas.

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6.9% —

Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.

Unpaid care & work

Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.

While 45.8% of people look after children unpaid, only 6.0% provide other types of unpaid care, a rate well below the New South Wales figure. About 24.5% of the population also do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework per week.

Defence service

People who served in the Australian Defence Force.

No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national rate of 2.8%.

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 Melonba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12573/melonba/topic/community