23.2% ▼ -25.1%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glenmaggie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glenmaggie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average, 23.2% of people in Glenmaggie volunteer their time. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, with high rates of volunteering and housework compared to the rest of Victoria.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly a quarter of residents volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 29.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the 20.7% national figure. This is alongside a slightly higher rate of people providing unpaid care than the national average, while child care rates are a little below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
14.2% ▼ -15.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.7% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 29.7%
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 here than in most areas, with 3.7% of people having served, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
3.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality 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 Glenmaggie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21039/glenmaggie/topic/community