24.4% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Meerlieu · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Meerlieu
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Meerlieu give their time to volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This strong spirit of helping out defines daily life here, even though rates of unpaid care and domestic work are much lower than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Meerlieu, with 24.4% of residents helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas. Only 7.7% provide unpaid care and 12.8% spend 15 or more hours on housework, both of which are well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
7.7% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.8% ▼ -56.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 12.8%
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 Meerlieu has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the rates for Victoria and Australia.
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 Meerlieu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21639/meerlieu/topic/community