23.9% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Merivale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Merivale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 24% of people in Merivale volunteer, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This high level of community involvement stands out in a place where unpaid care and defence service are relatively uncommon.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.9% of residents helping out, which is 9.8 percentage points higher than the Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 9.9% providing care and 22.5% looking after children, well below the state's 28.5%.
9.9% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 18.3%
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, which is a little below the national figure of 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 Merivale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50936/merivale/topic/community