30.9% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Merricks · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Merricks
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost a third of residents in Merricks give their time to volunteer, making it a place where community contribution is far more common than in most other areas. This spirit of helping out is mirrored in the high number of people who provide unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30.9% of people helping out, which is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a big part of life for many, as 37% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 17.9% provide unpaid care—well above the Australian average—only 22.8% care for children, which is well below the national rate.
17.9% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.0% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 37.0%
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 1.9% of people having done so, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Merricks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21662/merricks/topic/community