14.3% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Meridan Plains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Meridan Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than four in every hundred people have served in the Defence Force in Meridan Plains, making it a place with a noticeably strong military connection. Daily life here involves a high number of people caring for children, though the rate of general volunteering is lower than in many other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most areas but about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common, with 29.9% of people providing this care, a figure well above both the state and national levels. Other unpaid work is less frequent, as the rates for general care and housework are about the same as the rest of the country.
11.0% ▲ +10.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.9% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.4% ▼ -34.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 20.4%
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.
A much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.4% of the population having served.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Meridan Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31807/meridan-plains/topic/community