15.6% ▼ -42.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Magpie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Magpie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid care and housework define the community in Magpie compared to similar areas. While volunteering is lower than in most places, a striking 21.6% of residents provide some form of unpaid care. This is well above the national figure of 11.9%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.6% of people in Magpie volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas but still a little above the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Residents are very active with unpaid work, with 30.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with 29.8% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well above the Australian average.
21.6% ▲ +39.6%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.8% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.8% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 30.8%
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 less common here than in most similar areas, with 1.6% of people having served, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 62% 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 Magpie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21573/magpie/topic/community