11.9% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part) · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part) provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. While many residents help out at home, this area sees far fewer volunteers than most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.9% of people volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%. This level of participation has fallen by 1.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is provided by 23.6% of residents, a figure that has fallen 12 percentage points since 2011. Meanwhile, the share of people providing some form of unpaid care rose to 12.8%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
12.8% ▲ +25.8%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% ▼ -34.1%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 19.3%
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 here, with 2.4% of people having served. This is much lower than most areas, though it remains about the same as the Victorian and Australian figures.
2.4%
Lower than 80% 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 (Mildura Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL212003/mildura-buronga/topic/community