13.9% ▼ -30.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mailors Flat · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mailors Flat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Mailors Flat is largely in line with state and national figures. While 13.9% of people volunteer, most other forms of unpaid work and service mirror typical Australian patterns. This creates a balanced profile of community participation across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas but about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 25% of people caring for children and 12.1% providing other unpaid care. Meanwhile, 22.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is a little above the national figure.
12.1% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -29.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 22.9%
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 around the middle for its level, with 2.1% of people having served in the Defence Force.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Mailors Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21576/mailors-flat/topic/community