14.7% —
Higher than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are volunteering in Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) than in previous years. While 14.7% of residents now volunteer, this is a drop of 5.1 percentage points since 2016. The area is also marked by very low rates of unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than across the country, with only 10.8% of people caring for children unpaid. Similarly, the shares of people doing 15 or more hours of housework (10.5%) and providing other unpaid care (6.5%) are both well below state and national figures.
6.5% —
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.8% —
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.5% —
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 10.5%
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 uncommon in this area, with only 0.9% of residents having served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
0.9%
Lower than 97% of state electorate 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 Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED24703/melbourne/topic/community