12.6% ▼ -55.8%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Meekatharra · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Meekatharra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp 16 percentage point drop in volunteers since 2011 marks a significant shift in how people engage in Meekatharra. Now, only 12.6% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This decline is part of a broader trend of falling unpaid work and community activity across the town.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 12.6% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well below the Western Australian average of 15.9% and a little below the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 9.0% of people providing such support. The number of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework also fell significantly since 2011 to just 16.3%.
9.0% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% ▼ -27.4%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.3% ▼ -43.9%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 16.3%
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.
About 3.0% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
3.0%
Lower than 66% 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 Meekatharra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521032/meekatharra/topic/community