17.0% ▲ +4.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Myaree · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Myaree
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Myaree provide unpaid childcare, one of the more striking figures for the area. It is a community where family care is common, though the number of people providing other types of unpaid support is lower than in most places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.9% of people provide unpaid care for children—higher than most areas—only 11.1% provide general unpaid care. This is lower than most areas and sits about the same as the national figure.
11.1% ▲ +13.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 18.8%
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 people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.7% of the population having been in service.
3.7%
Higher than 66% 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 Myaree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51069/myaree/topic/community