12.0% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mena Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mena Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid home and child care set Mena Creek apart from other areas. While 32.5% of people provide unpaid childcare, very few residents spend their time volunteering for community groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12% of people in Mena Creek volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is common here, with 32.5% of people caring for children and 29.5% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above the national average. However, those providing other types of unpaid care are a little below the state figure at 9.0%.
9.0% ▼ -36.6%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.5% ▲ +19.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.5% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 29.5%
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.
Defence service is more common in Mena Creek than in most areas, with 5.7% of people having served, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
5.7%
Higher than 86% 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 Mena Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31803/mena-creek/topic/community