17.8% ▼ -30.2%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Millmerran · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Millmerran
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving back to others is a common part of daily life in Millmerran, where 17.8% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, although the number of volunteers has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Local volunteering is higher than in most areas, though it has dropped by 7.7 percentage points over the last decade to reach 17.8%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 22.9% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—a little above the national figure—far fewer people here care for children unpaid compared to the rest of the country.
11.9% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.8% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 22.9%
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 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian average.
2.6%
Lower than 56% 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 Millmerran [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/307021181/millmerran/topic/community