18.3% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marraweeney · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Marraweeney
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Marraweeney is higher than typical, with residents showing a strong commitment to unpaid work. Nearly one in five people volunteer their time, which is well above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.3% of people pitching in, a figure well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent, as 28.3% of people care for children and 25% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above national levels. In contrast, providing other types of unpaid care is much lower than most areas at 10.0%.
10.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower 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 Marraweeney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21614/marraweeney/topic/community