18.5% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Merewether · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Merewether
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 27.4% of people in Merewether provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is higher than most other areas. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, with volunteering and care rates both sitting above the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people here volunteer, which is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, as 13.2% of residents provide support to others, and 27.4% care for children. However, the 20.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is lower than most areas.
13.2% ▲ +15.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 20.3%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas, with 3.3% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
3.3%
Higher 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 Merewether [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12584/merewether/topic/community