24.0% ▼ -19.8%
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
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Community Participation in Mount Alexander
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have dropped by nearly 6 percentage points since 2011 in Mount Alexander, though they remain very high. Nearly a quarter of the population still gives their time to others, which is far above the state and national figures. This reflects a community with a strong history of active participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24% of people here volunteer, a figure that is much higher than most other areas and well above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here; 27.9% of people do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. While fewer people care for children unpaid compared to most areas, the proportion of people providing general unpaid care has risen slightly to 14.8%.
14.8% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.7% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.9% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 96% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 27.9%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.9% of the population, which is about the same as the rates for Victoria and Australia.
2.9%
Lower than 54% 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 Mount Alexander [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA25430/mount-alexander/topic/community