9.8% ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maribyrnong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Maribyrnong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Maribyrnong spend their spare time on unpaid work or volunteering compared to other areas. Only 9.8% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This pattern extends to home and family care, where local rates of unpaid work are lower than typical for Victoria.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Maribyrnong are much lower than in most areas. At 9.8%, this is well below 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 care is less common here than in most areas, with 22% of people caring for children and 11% providing general unpaid care. Only 16.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
11.0% ▲ +19.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.5% ▲ +5.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 16.5%
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 1.1% of the population. This is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower than 66% 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 Maribyrnong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21604/maribyrnong/topic/community