19.7% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 85% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Melville · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Melville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Melville volunteer their time, a rate that has stayed steady since 2011. This is a highly active community where residents are much more likely to volunteer than those in most other areas. Unpaid care work has also increased here over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A high 19.7% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles have increased, with 30% of people now caring for children unpaid, a figure well above the national average. Those providing other unpaid care rose to 12.5%, while 22% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
12.5% ▲ +19.6%
Higher than 56% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 84% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
Around 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as both the state and national figures.
2.9%
Higher than 51% 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 Melville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50704/melville/topic/community