50.0% ▲ +85.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 65.0%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Milsons Passage · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Milsons Passage
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Half of all residents in Milsons Passage volunteer their time, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community spirit is mirrored in the home, where far more people provide unpaid childcare and housework than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 50% of people helping out. This is far above the 14.1% national figure and among the highest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, with 46.4% caring for children and 39.3% doing significant housework, both far above the national average. In contrast, no one here provides other types of unpaid care.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
46.4% ▲ +57.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.3% ▲ +127.9%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 39.3%
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 residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Milsons Passage [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12639/milsons-passage/topic/community