21.5% ▼ -27.3%
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mansfield · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Mansfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a fifth of people in Mansfield volunteer their time, making it a place where community contribution is much more common than in other areas. While volunteering has dropped since 2011, the local rate remains well above the national figure. This spirit of giving is paired with a higher-than-average number of people performing significant unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.5% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. This is a high rate compared to most areas, although it has fallen from 29.5% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework takes up a lot of time here, with 24.5% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the national figure. This contrasts with unpaid childcare, which is lower than most areas at 23.3%. Meanwhile, 12.7% of people provide unpaid care, a figure about the same as the rest of the state.
12.7% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 24.5%
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 more common in Mansfield than in most other areas. About 3.6% of the population have served, which is a little above the 2.0% recorded for Victoria.
3.6%
Higher than 70% of council (lga) 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 Mansfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA24250/mansfield/topic/community