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Melrose · Suburb / Locality

Community Participation in Melrose

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

Zero people providing unpaid care is the most striking feature of community life in Melrose. This sparsely populated area sees lower levels of volunteering and caregiving compared to most other regions. Only 11.5% of residents volunteer, which is a little below the national figure.

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📍 Melrose, Suburb / Locality

Where Melrose sits — Volunteers

11.5% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Melrose — lower than 82% of areas.

Melrose11.5%
4613, QLD 22.5%
Queensland 14.1%
Australia 14.1%

Participation

Volunteering for organisations and groups.

Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas. At 11.5%, the rate is a little below both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.

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11.5% —

Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.

Unpaid care & work

Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.

No one in this area provides unpaid care for people with disabilities or the elderly, a figure far below the national average of 11.9%. While 23.1% of residents do over 15 hours of housework weekly, child care is well below the national figure at 23.1%.

Defence service

People who served in the Australian Defence Force.

People who have served in the Defence Force are not present in this area. This is well below the Queensland figure of 3.9% and a little below the national rate of 2.8%.

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 Melrose [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31801/melrose/topic/community