25.8% ▼ -36.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.6%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Manangatang · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Manangatang
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Manangatang volunteer, a figure far above the national rate. This reflects a community with high levels of unpaid contribution, both through local service and care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.8% of residents helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, as 17% of people provide care and 31.4% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both far above the national figures. However, the 21% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the 26.3% average for Australia.
17.0% ▲ +18.9%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.0% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.4% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 31.4%
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.
A little more people have served in the Defence Force here than in most other areas, at 3.8%, compared to 2.0% in Victoria and 2.8% across Australia.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Manangatang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21589/manangatang/topic/community