14.7% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Marong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Family care and unpaid work have remained central to life in Marong over the last decade. The area is defined by a very high rate of unpaid childcare, with 43.1% of residents providing this support, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of people in Marong volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the Australian average and a little above the Victorian rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children is very common here, with 43.1% of people doing so unpaid, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. This is alongside a higher rate of people doing 15 or more hours of housework than the state and national averages.
13.4% ▲ +25.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
43.1% ▲ +45.1%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 24.9%
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.
Around 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rates seen across Victoria and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 55% 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 Marong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21612/marong/topic/community