20.5% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Merredin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Merredin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 20.5% of people volunteer in Merredin, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community involvement defines the local spirit, though other forms of unpaid work and service are closer to state levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More people volunteer here than in most similar areas. At 20.5%, this is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the state rate at 24.7%. Meanwhile, the proportion of people providing general unpaid care is 10.8%, which is a little below the national figure.
10.8% ▲ +21.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 21.5%
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.
Defence Force veterans make up 3.4% of the population. This is higher than in most similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Merredin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50938/merredin/topic/community