16.9% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Myrtleford · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Myrtleford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Myrtleford than in most similar areas, though volunteering has seen a decline. While 13.9% of residents provide unpaid care, the proportion of people who volunteer has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.9% of people volunteer here, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 23.5% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than the national figure at 21.6%. At the same time, 22.2% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is a little above the Australian average.
13.9% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 22.2%
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 lower than in most similar areas, with 2.7% of people having served. This is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.7%
Lower than 73% 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 Myrtleford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215060/myrtleford/topic/community