0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Monomeith · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Monomeith
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people engage in unpaid community work and volunteering in Monomeith than in most similar areas. While child care is common, the area has a very low rate of volunteers and people providing general unpaid care. This creates a distinct pattern of participation compared to the wider region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
No one in Monomeith reported volunteering, a figure that is far below the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is common here, with 30.8% of people providing this support, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. However, other forms of unpaid work are rare; only 9.2% provide general unpaid care, and just 13.8% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well below the state and national figures.
9.2% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.8% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.8% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 13.8%
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.
Very few people here have a military background, with no one reporting they served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the 2.0% seen in Victoria and the 2.8% across Australia.
0.0%
Lower 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 Monomeith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21731/monomeith/topic/community