22.7% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Musk · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Musk
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of community contribution marks Musk, where nearly 23% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and reflects a strong local habit of helping out across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteers make up 22.7% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 12.3% of people provide unpaid childcare—far below the national figure of 26.3%—others are very active at home. Unpaid care is much higher than most areas, with 33.8% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly.
17.5% ▲ +19.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.3% ▼ -42.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.8% ▲ +23.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 33.8%
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 service is more common here than in most areas, with 4.4% of residents having served, which is a little above the 2.8% national average.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Musk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21851/musk/topic/community