20.4% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Millicent · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Millicent
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines daily life in Millicent, where residents are far more likely to give their time to others than those in most other areas. About one in five people volunteer here, a figure well above both the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Roughly 20.4% of people volunteer, which is well above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national average. This is a decrease from 2011, when 23.3% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 21.9%, falling 20 points since 2011. However, 14.4% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure and has risen since 2011.
14.4% ▲ +31.3%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.9% ▼ -47.7%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.9%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 24.6%
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. This is around the middle for its level and is about the same as the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country.
3.3%
Lower than 58% 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 Millicent [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415029/millicent/topic/community