22.9% ▼ -25.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mortlake · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mortlake
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 22.9% of people in Mortlake volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community involvement defines the area, where residents are far more likely to give their time than those in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 23% of residents volunteer, a rate that is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.1% of people providing care and 26.8% doing over 15 hours of housework, both well above Victorian and national figures. However, the 22.7% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national average of 26.3%.
14.1% ▲ +15.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 26.8%
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.
About 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rates for both Victoria and Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Mortlake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21767/mortlake/topic/community