20.7% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Millicent · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Millicent
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving back to the community is a common part of daily life in Millicent, where volunteering is far more frequent than in most other areas. Around 20.7% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that sits well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
With 20.7% of people volunteering, Millicent has a higher rate of community participation than most similar areas. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.6% of people providing care and 25.1% doing over 15 hours of housework, both figures well above the national average. However, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is 22.3%, which is well below the national figure.
14.6% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% ▼ -20.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.1% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 25.1%
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.
A higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 3.3%, this is about the same as the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Millicent [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40878/millicent/topic/community