19.7% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Malvern · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Malvern
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have grown steadily in Malvern, with nearly 20% of residents now giving their time to help others. This level of community involvement is well above the national figure, reflecting a strong local commitment to unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.7% of people in Malvern volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 15.0% of residents doing so, which is well above the Australian figure of 11.9%. About 25.7% of people provide unpaid childcare, a rate roughly the same as the rest of the state.
15.0% ▲ +23.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 20.2%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.8%, which is lower than most areas and slightly below the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Malvern [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21586/malvern/topic/community