41.0% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 41.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glen Mervyn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glen Mervyn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap exists between Glen Mervyn and the rest of the country when it comes to volunteering. More than four in ten people here volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This makes it one of the most active areas for community work in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 41% of people volunteer here, which is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 7.7% of people providing unpaid care. This is well below the national figure of 11.9%, and fewer people here care for children unpaid compared to the state and nation.
7.7% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 20.5%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages of around 2.8%.
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 Glen Mervyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50554/glen-mervyn/topic/community