12.6% ▼ -43.7%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Millgrove · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Millgrove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A significant 15.3% of people in Millgrove provide unpaid care, a figure well above the national average. While this reflects a strong commitment to helping others at home, traditional community volunteering has dropped sharply over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.6% of residents now volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This figure has fallen by 9.8 percentage points since 2011, though it remains about the same as the Victorian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.3% of people providing support—a rate much higher than most areas. Around 24.1% care for children unpaid, while 23.0% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, both figures sitting slightly above the national average.
15.3% ▲ +26.1%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.1% ▲ +7.8%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 23.0%
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.
About 3.3% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the state figure of 2.0%.
3.3%
Lower than 59% 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 Millgrove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215056/millgrove/topic/community