10.3% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marungi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Marungi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Marungi compared to most other areas. Only 10.3% of residents give their time to volunteer work, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This trend of lower community involvement is also seen in unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 10.3% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well below the 13.3% seen across Victoria and much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 21.8% of people caring for children unpaid, well below the national figure of 26.3%. About 20.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
10.3% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.8% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 20.7%
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 residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.8% of the population having served. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
3.8%
Higher than 68% 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 Marungi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21617/marungi/topic/community