15.6% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Musk Vale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Musk Vale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About one quarter of people in Musk Vale provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. While volunteering is slightly more frequent than the national figure, the area generally sees fewer people providing unpaid care compared to most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 15.6% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the 14.1% national figure and the 13.3% rate for Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common at 25.5%, which is about the same as the state and national figures. However, only 9.9% of people provide unpaid care, a figure that is much lower than most areas.
9.9% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 2.1% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21852/musk-vale/topic/community