11.3% ▼ -34.3%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maddingley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Maddingley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 35% of people in Maddingley provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. While many residents are busy with family duties, the area sees less community volunteering than most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.3% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most other areas and sits a little below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is very common here, with 35% of people doing so, which is well above the 26.3% national figure. Meanwhile, 13.3% provide other types of unpaid care, and 20.6% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
13.3% ▲ +22.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.0% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 2.4% of the community have served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for its level and about the same as the state figure.
2.4%
Lower than 55% 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 Maddingley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21569/maddingley/topic/community