22.7% ▼ -29.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mandurang · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mandurang
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Mandurang volunteer their time, reflecting a community where people are very active in helping others. This spirit of service is matched by high levels of unpaid care and housework within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.7% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 30.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly—far above the 20.1% seen across Victoria. This aligns with high rates of unpaid care, as 36.1% of residents care for children unpaid, which is much higher than most other areas.
15.7% ▲ +17.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.1% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.6% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 30.6%
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 3.3% of the population, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 Mandurang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21590/mandurang/topic/community