27.4% ▼ -26.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.2%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Meandarra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Meandarra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 27% of people in Meandarra volunteer their time, a rate that is far above the figures for Queensland and Australia. This high level of community involvement stands out as the defining feature of local participation, while other forms of unpaid care are much less common here than elsewhere.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are exceptionally high in Meandarra, with 27.4% of residents giving their time. This is 13 percentage points higher than both the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas. Only 16.4% of people care for children unpaid and 6.4% provide general unpaid care, both of which are well below the national figures.
6.4% ▼ -42.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.4% ▼ -34.5%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.5% ▼ -39.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 15.5%
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 2.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the national figure and a little below the Queensland average.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Meandarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31797/meandarra/topic/community