14.0% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Melbourne City · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Melbourne City
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Melbourne City than in most other areas. While volunteering levels are about the same as the national figure, the city has a very low rate of people caring for children or doing unpaid housework. This makes it one of the least care-focused areas in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14% of people volunteer here, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. This is a drop from 2011, when 18.6% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 10.7% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework and those providing general unpaid care are among the lowest in the country.
6.3% ▲ +8.2%
Lower than 98% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.7% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.4% ▲ +21.9%
Lower than 98% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 10.4%
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.
Just 1.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the Victorian and national averages.
1.0%
Lower than 97% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Melbourne City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20604/melbourne-city/topic/community