8.3% ▼ -24.9%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Melton West · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Melton West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer than 9% of people volunteer in Melton West, a figure well below the state and national averages. While formal volunteering is low, a higher than usual number of residents provide unpaid care for others in their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.3% of people here volunteer, which is among the lowest across similar areas and well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more common here than in most areas; 14.8% of people provide this support, and 28.3% care for children unpaid, which is a little above the national average.
14.8% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% ▼ -16.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 20.3%
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 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21644/melton-west/topic/community