18.8% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Meredith · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Meredith
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Meredith stands out for high levels of community contribution and unpaid work compared to similar areas. Nearly 19% of residents volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This spirit of service extends to the home and the country, with more people providing unpaid care and serving in the Defence Force than is typical for most regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.8% of people in Meredith volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here; 15.4% of people provide this support, which is much higher than most areas. This is consistent with the 27.6% of residents who do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a rate well above the national figure of 20.7%.
15.4% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▼ -24.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.6% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 27.6%
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.
Defence service is more common in Meredith than in most other areas, with 4.1% of people having served, which is a little above the 2.8% national average.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 Meredith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21656/meredith/topic/community