15.0% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Massey · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Massey
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 35% of people provide unpaid care in Massey, which is far above the national figure. While volunteering is slightly higher than in Victoria, the area is marked by a very low rate of unpaid childcare and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15% of residents volunteer their time. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and is about the same as the national rate, though it is lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is very common here, with 35% of people providing support, far above the 11.9% national average. This contrasts with the 0% of residents who provide unpaid childcare or do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are far below the national figures.
35.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
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 Massey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21622/massey/topic/community