27.3% ▼ -18.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Milawa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Milawa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of the people in Milawa volunteer, making it a place with an exceptionally high rate of community spirit. This strong tendency to give back is mirrored in a high level of unpaid care and housework within the local area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.3% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much more common than in most areas, with 30.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework. Similarly, 30.9% provide unpaid childcare and 17.2% provide other unpaid care, both well above state and national levels.
17.2% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.9% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.7% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 30.7%
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 3.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0% and about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Milawa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21681/milawa/topic/community