15.1% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Melbourne · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Melbourne
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Melbourne have been providing unpaid care and housework since 2011, with child care roles dropping by 16 percentage points. While volunteering remains common, the area now sees much lower rates of unpaid work and care than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.1% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a decrease from 2011, when volunteering sat at 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most areas. Only 12.4% of people care for children unpaid and 11.4% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well below the national figures.
7.8% ▼ -34.7%
Lower than 91% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.4% ▼ -55.8%
Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.4% ▼ -50.6%
Lower than 95% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 11.4%
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 0.9%. This is among the lowest levels for similar areas and is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
0.9%
Lower than 94% 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 Melbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED233/melbourne/topic/community