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Merryvale · Suburb / Locality

Community Participation in Merryvale

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

Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Merryvale than in most other areas, with 0.0% of residents doing so. While some residents manage heavy household loads, the area sees very low levels of community volunteering and defence service.

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📍 Merryvale, Suburb / Locality

Where Merryvale sits — Volunteers

12.5% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Merryvale — lower than 78% of areas.

Merryvale12.5%
4340, QLD 13.3%
Queensland 14.1%
Australia 14.1%

Participation

Volunteering for organisations and groups.

Only 12.5% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.

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12.5% —

Lower than 78% 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.

Household work is common, with 29.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly—well above the 20.7% national average. This is alongside a higher than usual 29.2% of residents who care for children unpaid.

Defence service

People who served in the Australian Defence Force.

Defence service is rare in the area, with 0.0% of people having served, a figure well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.

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 Merryvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31816/merryvale/topic/community