20.4% ▼ -25.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Metung · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Metung
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Metung volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is paired with a strong history of military service. Many residents also spend a significant amount of time on unpaid work at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.4% of people here volunteer, a rate that is well above both the Victorian and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the proportion of people caring for children is much lower than most areas, 30.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is far above the state average. Unpaid care for others is at 13.5%, about the same as across Victoria.
13.5% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.7% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.5% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 30.5%
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 Force veterans make up 4.6% of the population in Metung, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Metung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21673/metung/topic/community