20.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Merriang South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Merriang South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Merriang South do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is far above the national figure. This community is highly active in supporting others, with high rates of unpaid care and volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20% of residents helping out, which is well above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very frequent, as 17.1% of people provide care and 34.3% look after children, both of which are well above the national average. Additionally, the 34.3% of people doing heavy housework is far above the 20.7% seen across Australia.
17.1% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.3% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 34.3%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
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 Merriang South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21661/merriang-south/topic/community