14.8% ▼ -22.8%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maroondah · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Maroondah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Maroondah provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family care defines the area's community participation, though the number of people volunteering has fallen significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.8% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3%, but the rate has fallen 4.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.1% of people providing care—a rate much higher than most areas. This is driven largely by the 29.7% of residents caring for children, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%.
14.1% ▲ +23.9%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.7% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 21.2%
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 less common in Maroondah than in most other areas. Only 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Victorian rate of 2.0%.
2.1%
Lower than 76% 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 Maroondah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA24410/maroondah/topic/community