18.1% ▼ -21.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maiden Gully · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Maiden Gully
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 37.7% of people in Maiden Gully provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure. This high level of family care is part of a broader trend of community involvement and support within the area. Residents are more likely to volunteer and provide unpaid care than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.1% of residents volunteer their time, a rate that is well above both the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Giving unpaid care is common here, with 15.2% of people providing support, which is much higher than most areas. This is driven largely by childcare, where the local rate of 37.7% is far above the national figure of 26.3%.
15.2% ▲ +34.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.7% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.3%
- 2016: 41.2%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.0% of the population, which is a little above the state average of 2.0%.
3.0%
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 Maiden Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21574/maiden-gully/topic/community