21.8% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mansfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mansfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Mansfield volunteer than in most similar areas. Around 21.8% of residents give their time to help others, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community spirit is a defining feature of the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21.8% of people helping out. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 23.7% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, those caring for children unpaid (26.6%) and those providing general unpaid care (12.6%) are about the same as the state and national rates.
12.6% ▲ +7.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
A higher share of people in Mansfield have served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas. At 3.4%, this is a little above the Victorian average of 2.0%.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Mansfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21599/mansfield/topic/community