7.6% ▼ -62.4%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Melton · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Melton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Melton volunteer their time compared to other similar areas. While only 7.6% of the community volunteers, a much higher share of residents are stepped up to provide unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped sharply in Melton, falling 13 percentage points since 2011 to reach 7.6%. This is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 31.9% of people providing this care, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 12.5% of residents provide other unpaid care, a rate about the same as the rest of Australia.
12.5% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.9% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▼ -14.1%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 19.5%
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.
Only 1.7% of people in Melton have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most similar areas.
1.7%
Lower than 89% 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 Melton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL211002/melton/topic/community