32.6% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mongans Bridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mongans Bridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 32.6% of people in Mongans Bridge volunteer, a figure far above the Victorian average of 13.3%. This high level of community involvement is mirrored in the area's strong history of military service, with veteran rates far exceeding national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 32.6% of residents giving their time. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits 18 points above the Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 23.3% of people provide unpaid childcare—which is well below the state average—there is a high rate of domestic work. About 30.2% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, far above the 20.1% seen across Victoria.
11.6% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.2% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 30.2%
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.
Military service is very prominent in Mongans Bridge, where 23.7% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the national figure of 2.8%.
23.7%
Higher 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 Mongans Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21729/mongans-bridge/topic/community