19.4% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Melville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Melville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Melville volunteer their time, a rate well above the national figure. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, from local volunteering to providing unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.4% of residents are volunteers, which is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is much more common here than in most areas, with 32.2% of people doing so. Meanwhile, those providing any unpaid care (11.8%) or doing 15+ hours of housework (21.6%) are less common than in most other areas.
11.8% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.2% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 21.6%
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 proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 3.3% of the population.
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 Melville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50932/melville/topic/community