27.3% ▼ -25.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marengo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Marengo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer their time in Marengo than in most similar areas. This spirit of helping out is reflected in the fact that 27.3% of residents volunteer, a figure far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 27.3% of people here volunteer, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia and much higher than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.5% of people providing care and 29% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both well above national figures. However, the 22.9% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average.
15.5% ▲ +84.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.9% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.0% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 29.0%
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.
A higher share of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.7% of residents having served, which is a little above the Victorian figure.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Marengo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21603/marengo/topic/community