20.8% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Milroy · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Milroy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over one in five people in Milroy volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community involvement is a standout feature for the area, where local contribution is much stronger than in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.8% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.3% of people provide unpaid childcare—well above the 26.3% national figure—very few residents do extensive housework or provide general unpaid care, with both figures sitting far below the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
7.5% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 7.5%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the rates seen across New South Wales and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Milroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12638/milroy/topic/community