18.9% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maffra · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Maffra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer in Maffra than in most similar areas, with 18.9% of residents giving their time to help others. This local spirit is well above both the Victorian and national figures. It is a community where helping out is common, and the number of volunteers has risen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost one in five people volunteer here, which is well above the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the Australian figure of 14.1%. This level of participation has grown since 2011, rising by 1.9 percentage points.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.1% of people provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages. Meanwhile, 24.3% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework per week, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
13.2% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
Three per cent of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than in most similar areas, though it remains a little above the Victorian average of 2.0%.
3.0%
Lower than 65% 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 Maffra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215051/maffra/topic/community