7.7% ▼ -29.5%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Melton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Melton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 7.7% of people in Melton volunteer, a figure that is well below both the Victorian and national averages. This low level of community volunteering stands out in a place where unpaid care for others is more common than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for areas of this type, with only 7.7% of residents taking part. This is well below the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 14.6% of people provide unpaid care—a little above the state and national figures—far fewer people here provide unpaid childcare (23.2%) compared to most areas.
14.6% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.2% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 19.3%
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.
About 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the 2% seen across Victoria.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Melton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21642/melton/topic/community