27.2% ▼ -42.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.1%
- 2016: 42.7%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Merrijig · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Merrijig
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in four people in Merrijig volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community spirit is the standout feature of the area, even though rates of unpaid care and housework are much lower than in most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.2% of people helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and 14.1% for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 7.3% of people providing care and 19.5% looking after children unpaid, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
7.3% ▼ -28.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.5% ▼ -0.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.1% ▲ +8.2%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 18.1%
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.
About 2.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.0% in Victoria and the 2.8% across Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 55% 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 Merrijig [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21667/merrijig/topic/community