16.5% ▼ -23.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Malvern East · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Malvern East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A stronger-than-average volunteering spirit defines daily life in Malvern East, where 16.5% of people give their time to others. This level of community involvement is well above the Victorian average, reflecting a local culture of active participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.5% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure and well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.4% of people providing care and 25.3% looking after children, figures that are about the same as the state average. However, those spending 15 or more hours a week on housework are much lower than in most areas.
13.4% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▼ -8.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 19.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.5% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 64% 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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21587/malvern-east/topic/community