13.5% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mentone · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Mentone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 26% of people in Mentone provide unpaid childcare, marking it as the most common form of community contribution in the area. While many residents help out at home, the number of people providing broader unpaid care has risen to 14.5% since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of residents volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and roughly the same as the state and national figures. This is a decrease from 2011, when 16.9% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, with 14.5% of people doing so. Meanwhile, 19.2% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is a little below the national figure.
14.5% ▲ +24.6%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.2% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 19.2%
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.
About 2% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas, though it is about the same as the Victorian average.
2.0%
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Mentone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/208031190/mentone/topic/community