32.7% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.9%
- 2016: 54.1%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Methul · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Methul
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 32.7% of people in Methul volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community spirit stands out against a local trend of very low unpaid caregiving. It is a place where people give their time to the community rather than to family care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one third of residents volunteer their time, a rate that is much higher than most similar areas and 20 points above the New South Wales average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very rare here, with 0.0% of people providing care and 18.4% caring for children, which is well below the national figure. Meanwhile, 22.4% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, slightly above the state average.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.4% ▼ -49.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 22.4%
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 area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the national and state 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 Methul [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12604/methul/topic/community