19.3% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Millthorpe · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Millthorpe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people get involved in local support and care in Millthorpe than in most similar areas. Roughly 19.3% of residents volunteer their time, and a very high 33.8% provide unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Millthorpe are well above the national figure of 14.1%, with 19.3% of residents giving their time.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 33.8% of people caring for children and 27.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly; both figures are well above the New South Wales averages. A little more than the state average, 13.8% of people provide some form of unpaid care.
13.8% ▲ +43.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.8% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 27.1%
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 about the same as the state and national figures, with 2.7% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Millthorpe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12634/millthorpe/topic/community