29.0% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maffra West Upper · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Maffra West Upper
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 29% of people volunteer in Maffra West Upper, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit extends into the home, where residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care than those in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 3 in 10 residents volunteer here. This 29% rate is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and 14.1% for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 32.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with 19.4% of the area providing unpaid care, a rate well above the 11.9% typical for Australia.
19.4% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 32.3%
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 one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% national average.
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 Maffra West Upper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21572/maffra-west-upper/topic/community