18.0% ▼ -23.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Monbulk · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Monbulk
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people give their time to others in Monbulk than in most other parts of the country. This is a community where nearly one in five people volunteer, and unpaid care for children and the home is much more common than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is strong here, with 18.0% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Daily life involves a lot of unpaid work, as 31.9% of people care for children and 27.0% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. Both figures are well above the state and national averages. This is consistent with the 14.7% of residents who provide unpaid care, which is also higher than most areas.
14.7% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.9% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 27.0%
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.
About 2.1% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 2.0% figure for Victoria and the 2.8% national average.
2.1%
Lower 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 Monbulk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21727/monbulk/topic/community