25.2% ▼ -25.3%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Milawa · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Milawa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of the population in Milawa volunteers, making it a place where community contribution is far more common than in most other areas. This strong spirit of giving is matched by a high rate of unpaid home and family care. While volunteering has dipped since 2011, residents remain deeply involved in supporting their neighbours and kin.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25.2% of people here volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This is much higher than most similar areas, though the rate has fallen 8.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 36.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the 20.7% national average. This is alongside a high rate of childcare, as 34.4% of residents provide unpaid care for children, which is well above the state and national figures.
14.2% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.4% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.2% ▲ +32.7%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 36.2%
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.
Around 3.7% of the community has served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0% and is about the same as the national average of 2.8%.
3.7%
Higher than 52% 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 Milawa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222054/milawa/topic/community