30.0% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Merotherie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Merotherie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Half of the people in Merotherie provide unpaid childcare, marking a community with exceptionally high levels of care and volunteer work. This spirit of giving extends across the area, with a far greater proportion of residents volunteering than in the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas. About 30% of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent in this area. Half of the people care for children unpaid, and 55% do 15 or more hours of housework a week, both of which are far above the state and national figures. Additionally, the 20% who provide general unpaid care is well above the New South Wales average.
20.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
55.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 55.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the New South Wales and Australian figures.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Merotherie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12591/merotherie/topic/community