18.5% ▼ -27.7%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Meadows · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Meadows
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Meadows provide unpaid childcare than the state or national average. This community is highly active in helping others, with 37.6% of residents caring for children without pay. While volunteer rates have dropped recently, the area remains more active in community support than most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.5% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This is higher than most similar areas, though the rate has fallen by 7.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 37.6% of people helping out, which is far above the 26.3% seen across Australia. Around 24.8% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, and 12.9% provide other unpaid care.
12.9% ▲ +7.2%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.6% ▲ +34.1%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 24.8%
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 less common here than in most other areas. About 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.7%
Lower than 72% 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 Meadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415027/meadows/topic/community