25.5% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Beauty · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Beauty
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of residents in Mount Beauty volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure. This level of community involvement is much higher than in most similar areas. It marks the town as a place where people are exceptionally active in supporting others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25.5% of people here volunteer, which is far above the 14.1% national average and the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While fewer people care for children unpaid compared to most areas, 27% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Roughly 12.9% provide some form of unpaid care, matching the state average.
12.9% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 27.0%
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.
Five per cent of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Victorian average 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 Mount Beauty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21772/mount-beauty/topic/community