19.1% ▼ -34.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Markwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Markwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework in Markwood than in the rest of the country. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, with high rates of volunteering and caregiving. Many residents also have a history of serving in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.1% of people helping out. This is well above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very frequent, and 17.5% of people provide this support, which is well above the national figure. This is consistent with the fact that 32% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a rate far above the state and national averages.
17.5% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.0% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 32.0%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most other areas. About 3.5% of people have served, which is a little above the Victoria figure of 2.0%.
3.5%
Higher 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 Markwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21606/markwood/topic/community