25.6% ▼ -39.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marnoo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Marnoo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering has grown in Marnoo, where more than a quarter of residents now give their time to help others. This community shows a far higher rate of unpaid work and care than the state or national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.6% of people helping out. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While much fewer people care for children unpaid (17.8%) compared to the national 26.3%, others step up in different ways. A much higher proportion of residents do 15 or more hours of housework (30%) or provide some form of unpaid care (15.6%) than in most other areas.
15.6% ▲ +18.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.8% ▼ -26.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 30.0%
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 in Marnoo than in most similar areas, with 3.3% of people having served. This is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Marnoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21609/marnoo/topic/community