22.5% ▼ -38.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maryknoll · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Maryknoll
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving back to others is a common part of daily life in Maryknoll, where volunteering is far more frequent than in most areas. Nearly a quarter of the people here give their time to help others, contributing to a strong local spirit of service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.5% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here handle unpaid care than in most areas, with 31.7% caring for children and 13.7% providing other forms of unpaid care. Additionally, 24.2% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
13.7% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.2% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 24.2%
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 1.4%, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.4%
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 Maryknoll [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21619/maryknoll/topic/community