17.9% ▼ -47.8%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Merrygoen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Merrygoen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Merrygoen, where nearly 18% of people volunteer. This level of community involvement is well above the national figure, painting a picture of a place where residents frequently step up to support one another.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.9% of residents volunteer, which is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16.1% of people providing care—a figure well above the national average. This includes 28.6% of residents caring for children unpaid, which is higher than in most other areas.
16.1% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -36.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 21.4%
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 community has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Merrygoen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12598/merrygoen/topic/community