26.5% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maldon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Maldon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of giving defines daily life in Maldon, where 26.5% of residents volunteer their time. This rate of community contribution is far above the national figure and much higher than in most other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than a quarter of people here volunteer, a figure that is far above both the Victorian (13.3%) and national (14.1%) averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the state average, 30.1% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well above the national figure. Unpaid care for others is also a little more common here than in Victoria.
14.1% ▲ +14.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.4% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.1% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 30.1%
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.
About 3.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Victorian average of 2.0%.
3.4%
Higher 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).
More for Maldon
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Maldon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21583/maldon/topic/community