19.9% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Merricks North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Merricks North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Merricks North volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This community is active in both formal volunteering and providing a high level of unpaid support within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.9% of residents volunteer, which 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.
Unpaid work is common here, with 29.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with the 28% of residents who provide unpaid childcare, a rate slightly above the Australian average.
12.7% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.4% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 29.4%
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 higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.1% of residents having served, which is a little above the state figure of 2%.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21664/merricks-north/topic/community