12.1% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Millers Forest · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Millers Forest
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Millers Forest has shifted, with a notable rise in people performing unpaid care at home. While volunteering is less common than in other areas, nearly 30% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.1% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common in Millers Forest, where 29.7% of people care for children and 28.1% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both figures being well above the state and national levels. This is consistent with the 13.4% of residents who provide some form of unpaid care, a figure a little above the national average.
13.4% ▲ +13.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.7% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.1% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 28.1%
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 1.3% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.3%
Lower than 65% 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 Millers Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12629/millers-forest/topic/community