7.5% ▼ -26.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mill Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mill Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have dropped significantly in Mill Park, with only 7.5% of people now giving their time to community groups. This is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%, marking one of the lowest participation rates for areas of this type.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.5% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 14.5% of people provide unpaid care—a figure a little above the national average—those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week are much lower than most areas at 19.1%. Around 24% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is a little below the national figure of 26.3%.
14.5% ▲ +28.9%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 19.1%
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.
Defence Force veterans make up 1.2% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 Mill Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21683/mill-park/topic/community