20.7% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Manns Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Manns Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of service defines daily life in Manns Beach, where residents are far more likely to volunteer than those in other areas. Nearly 15% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is among the highest rates for similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.7% of people giving their time. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is much more common than usual, with 34.5% of people doing 15 or more hours a week. In contrast, no one reported caring for children unpaid, a figure far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
10.3% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.5% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 34.5%
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.
Service to the country is very high in Manns Beach, where 14.8% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is far above the 2% seen in Victoria and the 2.8% national average.
14.8%
Higher than 99% 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 Manns Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21596/manns-beach/topic/community