19.7% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maffra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Maffra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Maffra sits around the middle of similar areas for community involvement, though it shows a strong spirit of giving. Nearly 20% of residents volunteer, which is well above the rates found across Victoria and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.7% of people giving their time. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 24.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 26.6% care for children unpaid and 13.4% provide other unpaid care, both of which are about the same as the state average.
13.4% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 24.8%
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.
Defence service is slightly more common here than in the rest of the state. Around 3.1% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Maffra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21571/maffra/topic/community