11.3% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maribyrnong · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Maribyrnong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Maribyrnong engage in unpaid work or volunteering compared to most other areas. Just 11.3% of residents volunteer, which is a little below the national figure and reflects a decline since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas, with 11.3% of people pitching in, a figure that has fallen by 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here than across the state; for example, those caring for children unpaid (22.9%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (16.5%) are both well below the national figures.
10.9% ▲ +16.6%
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.9% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.5% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 16.5%
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.
Only 1.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is among the lowest rates for any similar area and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower than 94% of council (lga) 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 Maribyrnong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA24330/maribyrnong/topic/community