30.6% ▲ +26.2%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Meeniyan · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Meeniyan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Meeniyan than in the rest of the state. About 30.6% of residents give their time to others, which is a huge gap compared to the Victorian figure of 13.3%. This spirit of helping out is a standout feature of the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has grown since 2011, with 30.6% of people now pitching in. This is far above the national figure of 14.1% and is among the highest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Local residents take on a lot of unpaid work, as 16.0% provide unpaid care and 27.0% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well above the national average. Around 27.8% of people also provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the state figure.
16.0% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 43.4%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 27.0%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.6%. This is much lower than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 75% 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 Meeniyan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221048/meeniyan/topic/community