13.5% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Myrtlebank · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Myrtlebank
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people provide unpaid care in Myrtlebank than in the rest of the state. While 24.3% of residents provide this support, other community activities like volunteering are more in line with national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of people volunteer, which is lower than in most similar areas but remains about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 24.3% of people providing it—a figure far above the national average. However, only 14.4% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well below the 20.7% seen across Australia.
24.3% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.4% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 14.4%
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 common at a rate of 2.9%, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 53% 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 Myrtlebank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21862/myrtlebank/topic/community