12.7% ▼ -18.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marshall · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Marshall
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual 3.3% of people in Marshall have served in the Defence Force. While military service is more common here, other forms of community involvement and unpaid care are generally lower than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 12.7% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most other areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here, with only 19.6% of people caring for children unpaid—a figure well below the 26.3% seen across Australia. This trend extends to housework and general care, both of which are lower than in most areas.
11.0% ▲ +7.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 18.9%
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.
Military service is more frequent in Marshall than in most other areas, with 3.3% of people having served in the Defence Force, slightly above the Victorian average 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 Marshall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21615/marshall/topic/community