12.4% ▼ -33.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Monegeetta · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Monegeetta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of residents in Monegeetta spend significant time on unpaid domestic work. While many of the area's community activities are centered around the home, there is also a notably strong history of military service among its people.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 12.4% of people volunteer, which is much lower than in most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common here; 36.5% of people do at least 15 hours a week, which is far above the 20.7% national figure. This sits alongside typical rates of people caring for children (27.1%) or providing other unpaid care (12.9%).
12.9% ▲ +15.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▼ -25.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.5% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 36.5%
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 service is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 5% of people having served, which is well above the Victorian rate of 2%.
5.0%
Higher than 81% 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 Monegeetta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21728/monegeetta/topic/community