29.2% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Meenaar · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Meenaar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Meenaar volunteer their time, which is a far higher rate than in most other areas. This strong local involvement stands out against a community where unpaid care roles and defence service are much less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.2% of people helping out. This is far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common than in other areas. Only 20.8% of people care for children unpaid, and there are no residents reporting they provide other unpaid care or do more than 15 hours of housework per week.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.8% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 lower than most areas, with 0.0% of the population having served. This is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
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 Meenaar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50929/meenaar/topic/community