15.1% ▼ -23.6%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part) · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have fallen by 4.7 percentage points since 2011 in Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part). While community service has dipped, the area has seen a rise in people taking on unpaid care and housework. This shift is most clear in the high number of residents supporting children and others at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.1% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most areas. This figure is a little above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 30.4% of people caring for children, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with high rates of other unpaid work, including 15.0% of people providing general unpaid care and 24.8% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly.
15.0% ▲ +33.4%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 24.8%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.2% of the population. This is lower than most areas and is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.2%
Lower than 61% of urban centre 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 Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112013/mildura-buronga/topic/community