0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Milnes Bridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Milnes Bridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Milnes Bridge than in the rest of the country. While a striking 40.9% of the community care for children unpaid, almost no one in the area participates in formal volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very low here, with 0.0% of people involved. This is far below the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is common in this area, with 18.2% of people providing unpaid care, well above the national figure. This includes 40.9% of people caring for children and 31.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are far above the state and national averages.
18.2% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.9% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.8% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 0.0% of the population. This is lower than most areas and a little below the 2.8% national figure.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Milnes Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21688/milnes-bridge/topic/community