11.5% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Montgomery · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Montgomery
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Montgomery than in the rest of the state. While only 11.5% of residents volunteer, which is a little below the national figure, the community is defined by high levels of home and family support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.5% of people here volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 44.2% of people caring for children—far above the Victorian figure of 26.3%. This matches high rates of other home duties, as 32.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly and 21.2% provide general unpaid care.
21.2% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
44.2% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 44.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.7% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 32.7%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Victorian rate of 2.0%.
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 Montgomery [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21734/montgomery/topic/community