9.0% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 88% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Melbourne - North West · Region (SA4)
Community Participation in Melbourne - North West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 9% of people in Melbourne - North West volunteer, which is well below the national figure. While formal volunteering has fallen since 2011, the area sees much higher rates of people providing unpaid care compared to most other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most areas, with only 9% of people helping out. This is well below the Victorian rate of 13.3% and has dropped 3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, involving 13.3% of people. This includes 27.5% of residents who care for children unpaid, a figure that is a little above the national average.
13.3% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 79% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 69% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.2% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 71% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 19.2%
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 1.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 91% 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 - North West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/210/melbourne-north-west/topic/community