11.1% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Milperra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Milperra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher proportion of residents in Milperra now provide unpaid care compared to previous years. While 28% of people look after children without pay, volunteering is much lower here than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.1% of people in Milperra volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This level of participation is also much lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for others is common here, with 13.4% of people providing unpaid care, slightly above the national figure. This includes 28% who care for children and 25.1% who do at least 15 hours of housework a week, both of which are well above the national average.
13.4% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% ▼ -19.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.1% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 25.1%
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.
About 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 57% 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 Milperra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12636/milperra/topic/community