16.8% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Meroo Meadow · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Meroo Meadow
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Meroo Meadow contribute unpaid work and care compared to the state average. This is a community where 34% of residents spend 15 hours or more each week on housework, a figure far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.8% of people giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of local life, as 14.7% of people provide care, which is well above the state average. Around 26.8% of residents also care for children unpaid, similar to the national figure.
14.7% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.0% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 34.0%
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 much more common here than elsewhere, with 8.6% of people having served. This is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
8.6%
Higher than 93% 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 Meroo Meadow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12590/meroo-meadow/topic/community