1.9% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Meru · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Meru
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community engagement has remained very low in Meru, with only 1.9% of people volunteering. This is far below the national figure and among the lowest rates for similar areas. Most residents do not report spending significant time on unpaid care or community work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 1.9% of people in Meru volunteer, which is far below the Western Australian rate of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon here; only 1.4% of people care for children or provide general unpaid care, and 1.9% do 15 or more hours of housework. These figures are all far below the state and national averages.
1.4% —
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
1.4% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
1.9% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Meru reported serving in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the state and national rates.
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 Meru [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50940/meru/topic/community