14.1% ▼ -48.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Meringandan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Meringandan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in three people in Meringandan provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure. While volunteer rates match the rest of the country, the area stands out for its high levels of unpaid care and a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of residents volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland and Australian averages, though it is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 36.7% of people caring for children—far above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with other high rates of unpaid work, including 17.3% providing general unpaid care and 24.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
17.3% ▲ +38.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.7% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.7%
- 2016: 43.3%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -23.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 24.5%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 5.6% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
5.6%
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 Meringandan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31808/meringandan/topic/community