55.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.9%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mysia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mysia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over half of the people in Mysia volunteer, making it one of the most active areas for community work. This striking 55% rate is far above the figures for both Victoria and Australia. While volunteering is common, other forms of unpaid support are much less frequent here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A huge 55% of residents volunteer, which is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and 14.1% across Australia. This is among the highest rates of volunteering for areas of this size.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a common unpaid activity, with 30% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the national figure of 20.7%. In contrast, unpaid care for others is almost non-existent at 0%, and child care is far below the state and national figures at 15%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.0% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
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 Mysia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21864/mysia/topic/community