7.3% ▼ -34.8%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stanford Merthyr · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Stanford Merthyr
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few residents volunteer compared to other similar areas, though many locals provide care for others. Stanford Merthyr shows a strong trend of unpaid support, with 15.8% of people providing unpaid care, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.3% of people here volunteer, a figure that is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the New South Wales average of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, as 15.8% of people provide this support—well above the national figure of 11.9%. This includes 28.3% of residents caring for children unpaid, which is higher than most areas.
15.8% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 21.2%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.9% of the population, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the state average.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Stanford Merthyr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13662/stanford-merthyr/topic/community