15.8% ▲ +11.6%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Millers Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Millers Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A little over 15% of people in Millers Point volunteer, which is slightly above the national figure. While community involvement is steady, the area has much lower rates of unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 15.8% of residents giving their time, a figure that sits a little above both the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is far less common than in most areas, with only 13.5% of people caring for children and 6.9% providing general unpaid care. This is well below the state and national figures, and housework is also much less frequent, with only 14.1% of people doing 15 or more hours a week.
6.9% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.5% ▲ +8.8%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.1% ▲ +20.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 14.1%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for similar areas, with 3.1% of residents having served, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12630/millers-point/topic/community