27.1% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Millbrook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Millbrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Millbrook compared to the rest of the state. This community is strongly marked by high levels of unpaid work, with 27.1% of residents giving their time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here; at 27.1%, the rate is far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much more frequent than in most areas, with 13.8% of people providing care and 33.9% looking after children. Around 33% of residents also do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%.
13.8% ▲ +58.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.9% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.0% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 33.0%
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 5.1% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national rate of 2.8%.
5.1%
Higher than 81% 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 Millbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50952/millbrook/topic/community