25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Milltown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Milltown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of people in Milltown give their time to volunteering, making it far more active in this way than most other areas. This high level of community spirit is seen across different types of unpaid work and service. Residents here are much more likely to support others and serve their country compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25% of residents helping out. 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.
One in four people provide some form of unpaid care, which is far above the national figure of 11.9%. However, those doing unpaid childcare are fewer than in most areas, at 20.5%.
25.0% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 20.5%
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.
Military service is also very common, with 8.7% of the population having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
8.7%
Higher than 93% 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 Milltown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21687/milltown/topic/community