9.1% ▼ -22.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maidstone · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Maidstone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Maidstone participate in unpaid work and volunteering compared to most other areas. Only 9.1% of residents volunteer their time, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This trend of lower community involvement extends to unpaid care and housework as well.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most areas, with only 9.1% of people helping out. This is well below the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here than in most places. This includes a lower rate of people caring for children (21.6%) and far fewer residents spending 15 or more hours a week on housework (15.7%) compared to the national figures.
11.7% ▲ +29.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.7% ▲ +6.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 15.7%
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.
A little fewer people have served in the Defence Force here than in the rest of the country, with 0.8% of residents being veterans.
0.8%
Lower than 69% 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 Maidstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21575/maidstone/topic/community