14.8% ▼ -22.8%
Lower than 53% of sub-region (sa3) 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 · Sub-region (SA3)
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 strong focus on family care is a key feature of the area, while other forms of community contribution like volunteering have seen a decline over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.8% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the Victorian figure. This is a drop from 2011, when 19.2% of the population volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.2% of people providing care and 21.2% doing at least 15 hours of housework. The rate of people caring for children is especially high at 29.7%, far exceeding most other areas.
14.2% ▲ +24.1%
Higher than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.2%
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 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 51% of sub-region (sa3) 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.
Only 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most other areas across the country.
2.1%
Lower than 75% of sub-region (sa3) 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/sa3/21103/maroondah/topic/community