19.5% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 92% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mallee · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Mallee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Mallee volunteer, making it one of the most active areas for community work in the region. While these figures are well above the national average, there is a noticeable trend toward fewer people giving their time compared to a decade ago.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.5% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% national figure. However, this is 2.5 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.8% of people providing support to others, a figure slightly above the national average. While 22.9% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is much lower than most areas at 23.2%.
13.8% ▲ +14.4%
Higher than 89% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.2% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 77% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 75% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 22.9%
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.
Around 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 53% of federal electorate 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 Mallee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED230/mallee/topic/community