20.8% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Meningie West · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Meningie West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap exists between Meningie West and the rest of the country when it comes to community roles. While 20.8% of people here volunteer—a figure well above the national average—almost no one in the area provides unpaid care for children or others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.8% of people helping out. This is much higher than the 17.0% seen across South Australia and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very rare in the area, as 0.0% of people provide care for children or other people. Similarly, only 12.5% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.5% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 12.5%
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.
No one in Meningie West has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas and well below the South Australian average of 3.2%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Meningie West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40861/meningie-west/topic/community