8.4% ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mernda · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mernda
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 40% of people in Mernda provide unpaid childcare, which is far higher than the national figure. While family care is a huge part of daily life here, formal volunteering is much less common than in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.4% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below both the Victorian and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The rate of people caring for children unpaid is among the highest for similar areas at 39.3%, far above the Australian average of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 12.0% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure.
12.0% ▲ +24.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.3% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.2%
- 2016: 41.6%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 21.5%
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, with 1.4% of the population having served, which is a little below the Australian average.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Mernda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21659/mernda/topic/community