19.3% ▼ -41.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Meckering · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Meckering
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Meckering volunteer their time, which is a much higher rate than the national figure. This strong spirit of giving helps shape daily life in the town, where residents are more likely to contribute to the community than those in other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.3% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a significant part of life here, with 28.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid chores weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. While 13% of people provide some form of unpaid care, those caring for children unpaid (25.5%) are well below the state average.
13.0% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▲ +15.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.1% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 28.1%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.6%, which is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
1.6%
Lower than 63% 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 Meckering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50923/meckering/topic/community