22.6% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Malvern · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Malvern
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Malvern volunteer their time, reflecting a strong culture of community contribution. This level of engagement is far higher than the national figure, making it a place where people are very active in supporting others through unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 22.6%, the proportion of volunteers is well above the South Australian rate of 17.0% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are common here, with 30.8% of people caring for children unpaid, which is much higher than most areas. This is consistent with 13.9% of residents providing general unpaid care, a figure slightly above the national average.
13.9% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.8% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% ▲ +10.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 23.8%
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.
Around 3.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
3.0%
Higher 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 Malvern [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40814/malvern/topic/community