13.7% ▼ -32.3%
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mildura · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Mildura
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp drop in volunteering defines community participation in Mildura, where the rate fell by 6.5 percentage points since 2011. While the area now matches state and national figures, the typical resident is less likely to volunteer than those in most other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.7% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most other areas. This figure is roughly the same as the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people provide unpaid care in Mildura than in most areas, with 13.1% doing so. Meanwhile, the 24.4% of people caring for children unpaid and the 21.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework are both around the middle for similar areas.
13.1% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 21.1%
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 areas. About 2.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Victorian figure of 2.0% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.4%
Lower than 67% 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 Mildura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA24780/mildura/topic/community