18.0% ▼ -21.1%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maiden Gully · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Maiden Gully
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Maiden Gully provide unpaid childcare, reflecting a community where family support and care take up a significant part of daily life. While volunteering has dropped since 2011, the area remains more active in community work than most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%. However, this level of participation has fallen 4.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 37.4% of people caring for children—far above the 26.3% national average. This is alongside a high number of people doing heavy housework and an increasing number of those providing general unpaid care, which rose to 15% since 2011.
15.0% ▲ +33.0%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.4% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 40.3%
- 2016: 40.8%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 24.6%
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% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is around the middle for similar areas and slightly above the 2% seen across Victoria.
3.0%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Maiden Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/202011023/maiden-gully/topic/community