27.4% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Meringo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Meringo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Meringo than in the rest of the state. About 27.4% of residents give their time to community work, which is more than double the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.4% of people helping out. This is 14 percentage points higher than the New South Wales average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While fewer people here provide unpaid care or look after children compared to most areas, 35.9% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This is far above the national figure of 20.7%.
9.4% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.9% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 35.9%
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 in Meringo than in most similar areas, with 3.5% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Meringo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12587/meringo/topic/community