20.7% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Melba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Melba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figures for volunteering and care, Melba is a place where people give a lot of their time to others. Roughly one in five residents volunteers, and a very high proportion of the community provides unpaid care and support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most other areas. At 20.7%, the rate is a little above the ACT figure and well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Much higher than most areas, 34.6% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This high level of support extends to other roles, with 15.4% providing general unpaid care and 24.4% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly.
15.4% ▲ +19.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.6% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in similar areas. At 5.8%, the proportion of people who served is about the same as the ACT but well above the national average of 2.8%.
5.8%
Higher than 86% 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 Melba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80094/melba/topic/community