15.2% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Bruno · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Bruno
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 46% of people in Mount Bruno do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week. This is a strikingly high figure for the area, placing it among the highest for this activity in the country. While housework is common, other forms of community and family care are less frequent here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.2% of people in Mount Bruno volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and the state average of 13.3%. However, this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national average at 17.4%. This is consistent with a much lower rate of people providing general unpaid care, which sits at 8.7% compared to 11.9% across Australia.
8.7% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.4% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
45.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 45.7%
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 Mount Bruno has served in the Defence Force, a result that is a little below the figures for Victoria and 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 Mount Bruno [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21776/mount-bruno/topic/community