11.0% ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Malabar · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Malabar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people spend their spare time on unpaid work or volunteering in Malabar than in most other areas. Only 11% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much less common here than in most areas, with only 11% of people pitching in, a figure well below the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower than in most areas, with only 18.7% of people caring for children and 15.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework. This is well below the national figures for both activities. Only 10.5% of residents provide unpaid care, which is also lower than most areas.
10.5% ▲ +17.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.7% ▲ +4.0%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.1% ▲ +20.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 15.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.5% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality 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 Malabar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12462/malabar/topic/community