7.4% ▼ -61.4%
Lower than 96% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mill Park (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Mill Park (Northern Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Mill Park volunteer their time compared to most other areas. Only 7.4% of residents do volunteer work, a figure that has fallen by 12 percentage points since 2011. While community volunteering is low, there has been a significant rise in people providing unpaid care and looking after children at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Mill Park is among the lowest for its level at 7.4%. This is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people are providing unpaid care here than in most areas, with 13.2% of residents involved. This includes 27.1% who care for children unpaid—about the same as the state and national figures—and 18.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is a little below the national figure.
13.2% ▲ +110.1%
Higher than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▲ +115.1%
Higher than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.6% ▲ +100.3%
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 18.6%
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 lower here than in most areas. Just 1.1% of the population served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower than 92% 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 Mill Park (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED25003/mill-park/topic/community