23.0% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Meelon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Meelon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Meelon volunteer their time, marking a strong commitment to the community. This area is far more active in volunteering than the state and national averages, with 23% of residents pitching in to help others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23% of residents helping out. This is well above the Western Australia figure of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.1% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—only 10.1% provide other unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
10.1% ▲ +21.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.2% ▼ -17.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.1% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 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.
Defence service is especially high in Meelon, where 7.3% of people have served. This is well above both the state and national figures, which sit around 2.8% to 2.9%.
7.3%
Higher than 90% 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 Meelon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50928/meelon/topic/community