18.0% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maylands · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Maylands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Maylands provide unpaid care for children, which is higher than most other areas. This community is generally active, with more people volunteering and providing unpaid care than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid childcare is common, 14.1% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure. Conversely, the 20.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is lower than most areas.
14.1% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 20.3%
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 less common here than in other areas, with only 2% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Maylands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40846/maylands/topic/community