27.0% ▼ -32.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.7%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Merino · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Merino
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Merino give their time to others compared to most similar areas. About 27% of residents volunteer, a figure that is far above the national rate. This community is strongly defined by its high levels of unpaid work and volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27% of people helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents provide unpaid support, with 18.7% providing care and 32.2% doing over 15 hours of housework, both well above national figures. Interestingly, the 16.1% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
18.7% ▲ +43.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.1% ▼ -37.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.2% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 32.2%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.3%. This is lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.3%
Lower than 65% 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 Merino [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21658/merino/topic/community