13.0% ▼ -23.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Millbank · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Millbank
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Millbank is marked by a strong presence of people supporting others, with 14.8% providing unpaid care. This is well above the Queensland figure. While many residents help out at home, the area has a lower rate of traditional volunteering compared to most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13% of residents volunteer their time, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 14.8% of people doing so, which is well above the Queensland average. However, those caring for children unpaid are well below the national figure at 22.2%.
14.8% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 22.2%
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 in Millbank than in most areas, with 4.2% of people having served, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Millbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31838/millbank/topic/community