17.4% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Milton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Milton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Milton than in most other areas. This is a community where 17.4% of residents volunteer, a figure well above both the Queensland and national rates of 14.1%. While volunteering is common, home-based care roles are much less frequent here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Milton, with 17.4% of people giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 6.6% of people providing care and 14.4% caring for children unpaid—far below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, just 11.1% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well below the 20.7% seen across the state and country.
6.6% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.4% ▼ -24.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.1% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 11.1%
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 2.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%, though a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Milton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31847/milton/topic/community