19.9% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Malmsbury · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Malmsbury
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people give their time to others in Malmsbury (L) than in most similar areas. Roughly one in five residents volunteers, a figure that has risen since 2011. This spirit of contribution extends to the home, where unpaid care and housework are much more common than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 19.9% of people helping out. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and has risen 1.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, as 32.7% care for children and 27.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well above the national figures. Meanwhile, the share of people providing other unpaid care rose to 14.0% since 2011.
14.0% ▲ +26.8%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.7% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.2% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 27.2%
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.
About 3.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the 2.0% seen in Victoria and about the same as the 2.8% national average.
3.3%
Lower than 57% 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 Malmsbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221045/malmsbury/topic/community