14.3% ▼ -39.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Merrigum · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Merrigum
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Merrigum has remained steady, with 14.3% of people volunteering. While this is lower than in many similar areas, it is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is about the same as the national and state averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 15.3% of people provide unpaid care, which is much higher than in most areas and well above the national figure. While few people provide unpaid childcare, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (24.3%) are well above the state average.
15.3% ▲ +42.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.9% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.3% of the population, which is higher than in most similar areas.
3.3%
Higher 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 Merrigum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21665/merrigum/topic/community