13.1% ▼ -56.5%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Menindee · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Menindee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp drop in volunteering has changed how people contribute to the local area of Menindee. Just 13.1% of residents now volunteer, a figure that has plummeted by 17 percentage points since 2011. This decline is mirrored in other forms of unpaid work across the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen significantly since 2011, with 13.1% of people now giving their time. This is much lower than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is far less common here than in the rest of the state. Only 13.5% of people provide unpaid childcare, and just 8.3% provide general unpaid care, both of which are among the lowest rates for similar areas.
8.3% ▼ -32.6%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.5% ▼ -38.6%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.8% ▼ -36.1%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 13.8%
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 relatively uncommon in Menindee, where 0.9% of residents have served. This is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.9%
Lower than 94% of urban centre 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 Menindee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122086/menindee/topic/community