24.0% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Melville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Melville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost half of the people in Melville spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This is a highly active community where residents are far more likely to volunteer and provide unpaid care than those in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer work is common here, with 24% of people helping out. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very frequent in Melville, where 38% of people look after children and 16% provide other unpaid care, both well above national figures. This is consistent with 44% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the Australian figure of 20.7%.
16.0% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.0% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
44.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 44.0%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas, with 5.8% of people having served. This is well above the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
5.8%
Higher than 86% 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 Melville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12575/melville/topic/community