16.8% ▼ -46.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Merriwagga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Merriwagga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 17% of residents in Merriwagga volunteer their time, which is well above the New South Wales figure. This level of community involvement stands out as the most active form of participation in the area. Most other forms of unpaid work and service are less common here than in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.8% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This rate is around the middle for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.1% of people provide unpaid childcare—slightly more than the state average—only 6.5% provide other unpaid care, which is well below the national figure of 11.9%. Similarly, those doing over 15 hours of housework weekly are a little below the national average at 18.7%.
6.5% ▼ -57.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.7% ▼ -39.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 18.7%
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, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
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 Merriwagga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12597/merriwagga/topic/community