13.9% ▼ -31.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Melrose Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Melrose Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high number of people in Melrose Park spend their time caring for children unpaid. This is a key part of daily life here, with 28.4% of residents providing child care, which is well above the state figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of people volunteer, a rate that is lower than most other areas and roughly the same as the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While child care is common, the 11.1% of people providing other unpaid care is lower than in most areas. Additionally, 23.3% of residents do more than 15 hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the national figure.
11.1% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -14.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most similar areas, with 1.9% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Melrose Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12574/melrose-park/topic/community