20.6% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Myrrhee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Myrrhee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people volunteer their time in Myrrhee, making it a place where community spirit is far more active than in most other areas. This high level of engagement is reflected in the way residents support each other through unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A striking 20.6% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and the state rate of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 17.7% of people providing care, well above the 11.9% national average. This includes 29.1% of residents who look after children unpaid, a figure slightly higher than both the state and national rates.
17.7% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 24.1%
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.
About 2.1% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
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 Myrrhee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21860/myrrhee/topic/community