19.5% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mead · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mead
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Mead volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is mirrored in the home, where more people provide unpaid care and housework than in most other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.5% of residents helping out. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a significant part of life in Mead, with 29.9% of people caring for children—well above the national figure of 26.3%. Housework is also more common, as 24.1% do over 15 hours a week, while 12.6% provide other forms of unpaid care.
12.6% ▲ +41.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.9% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 24.1%
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 2.8% recorded across Australia.
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 Mead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21633/mead/topic/community