16.5% ▼ -23.7%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Malvern East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Malvern East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering rates have dropped significantly since 2011 in Malvern East, where 16.5% of residents now give their time to others. This remains a strong result, as the figure is well above the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.5% of people volunteer here, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this is a fall of 5.1 percentage points from the 21.7% recorded in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is more common here than in most areas, with 13.2% of people providing help. Meanwhile, 25.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
13.2% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 19.4%
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.
Only 1.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most other areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 83% 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 Malvern East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/208041195/malvern-east/topic/community