21.4% ▼ -39.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Meringur · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Meringur
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Meringur volunteer and serve in the military than in the typical Australian town. About 21.4% of residents volunteer their time, and 12.5% have served in the Defence Force. These figures are well above the national and state averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21.4% of people helping out. This 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.
While only 16.1% of people do over 15 hours of housework weekly—well below the national figure of 20.7%—unpaid care is much more common than in most areas, with 16.1% of residents providing such support.
16.1% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -25.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.1% ▼ -35.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 16.1%
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.
Military service is a standout feature of Meringur, where 12.5% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is far above the 2% seen in Victoria and well above the national rate of 2.8%.
12.5%
Higher 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 Meringur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21657/meringur/topic/community