30.4% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Meribah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Meribah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than double the national rate of volunteering is seen in Meribah, where 30.4% of people give their time to others. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature of the area compared to the rest of the state and country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30.4% of residents helping out, which is far above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Household duties are a major part of local life, with 43.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 26.1% of people provide unpaid childcare—about the same as the rest of Australia—no one in the area reports providing other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
43.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 43.5%
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 rare in Meribah, with no residents having served in the Defence Force, which is well below the South Australian figure 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 Meribah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40865/meribah/topic/community