15.2% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Doran · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Doran
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual in most similar areas have served in the Defence Force here, with 6.9% of Mount Doran residents having done so. While military service is high, other forms of community involvement vary, with a smaller proportion of people volunteering compared to similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.2% of people volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas, though this is still a little above the 13.3% figure for Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 19.0%, well below the national figure of 26.3%. However, 24.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the 20.7% seen across Australia.
13.3% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.0% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 24.8%
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.
Military service is a standout feature of the area, as the 6.9% who served in the Defence Force is well above the 2.0% recorded in Victoria.
6.9%
Higher than 89% 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 Doran [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21788/mount-doran/topic/community