10.5% ▼ -39.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mitchell Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mitchell Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Mitchell Park compared to the rest of the country. Only 10.5% of residents give their time to volunteer work, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 10.5% of people here volunteer, a result that is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 14.6% of people providing this support, which is a little above the national figure of 11.9%. Around 27.1% of residents provide unpaid childcare, while 20.4% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
14.6% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.4% ▼ 0.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 20.4%
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.
About 3.1% of the community served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Victorian average of 2.0% and about the same as the national figure.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Mitchell Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21707/mitchell-park/topic/community