14.3% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Millars Well · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Millars Well
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 34.5% of people in Millars Well provide unpaid child care, which is well above both state and national figures. This high rate of parenting stands out in a community where other forms of unpaid help and volunteering are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of residents volunteer, which is a little below the Western Australian figure but about the same as the rest of the country.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While child care is very common, only 6.2% of people provide other types of unpaid care, a figure well below the national average. Similarly, the 17.1% who do 15 or more hours of housework each week is well below the Australian figure.
6.2% ▲ +97.2%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.5% ▲ +37.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.1% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 17.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.5% of the population, which is about the same as the rates for Western Australia and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Millars Well [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50950/millars-well/topic/community