15.0% ▼ -18.3%
Higher than 53% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Melbourne - Inner · Region (SA4)
Community Participation in Melbourne - Inner
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A small minority of 15% of people in Melbourne - Inner volunteer, reflecting a community with a moderate level of unpaid activity. While volunteering has dipped since 2011, the area stands out for having far fewer people providing unpaid care compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15% of residents volunteer, which is roughly the middle for similar areas and slightly above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. This is a drop from 2011, when 18.4% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 17.2% of people caring for children unpaid, well below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, far fewer people do 15 or more hours of housework (14.2%) or provide general unpaid care (10.4%) compared to state and national averages.
10.4% ▲ +16.1%
Lower than 74% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.2% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 90% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.2% ▲ +7.7%
Lower than 87% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 14.2%
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 1.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is among the lowest rates for this level of area and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower than 96% of region (sa4) 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 - Inner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/206/melbourne-inner/topic/community