15.3% ▼ -18.9%
Higher than 56% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Melbourne - Inner South · Region (SA4)
Community Participation in Melbourne - Inner South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Melbourne - Inner South have fallen by 3.6 percentage points since 2011. While a modest 15.3% of people now volunteer, the area shows a strong commitment to unpaid care, with a much higher share of residents providing support to others than in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.3% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. This is around the middle for similar areas, though the rate has dropped from 18.9% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.8% of people providing care—a figure that rose since 2011 and is much higher than most areas. This is consistent with a higher-than-average 27.8% of residents caring for children unpaid, while 19.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
13.8% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 90% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 73% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 63% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 19.7%
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 1.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than in most other areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 85% 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/208/melbourne-inner-south/topic/community