19.7% ▼ -19.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Malmsbury · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Malmsbury
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Malmsbury volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, both through formal volunteering and significant levels of unpaid care at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.7% of residents are volunteers, 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.
Unpaid work is common here, with 30.8% of people caring for children and 28.7% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly; both figures are well above state and national levels. Additionally, those providing other unpaid care are a little more common than in the rest of Australia.
14.8% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.8% ▲ +17.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.7% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 28.7%
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 higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.3% of residents having served, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 Malmsbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21585/malmsbury/topic/community