23.6% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Milvale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Milvale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 24% of people in Milvale volunteer, a figure far above the state and national rates. This high level of community involvement stands out as the defining feature of the area's social participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.6% of residents helping out, which is 11 percentage points higher than the New South Wales figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 23.6% of people provide unpaid childcare, a rate a little below the national 26.3%. Those doing 15 or more hours of housework or providing other unpaid care are less common here than in most similar areas.
11.1% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 22.2%
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 Milvale has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales and Australian figures.
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 Milvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12642/milvale/topic/community