7.9% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mylneford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mylneford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people are now performing unpaid care and housework in Mylneford than in previous years. This is a place where unpaid care is very common, with 20.6% of people providing help to others—a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.9% of people here volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 34.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend is seen in caregiving too, as 20.6% provide unpaid care, which is well above the state and national averages.
20.6% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.9% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 49.2%
- 2021: 34.9%
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.
A much higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 5.9%, which is well above the 2.8% national figure.
5.9%
Higher than 86% 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 Mylneford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12887/mylneford/topic/community