19.3% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Glasgow · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Glasgow
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Mount Glasgow shows a mixed pattern of community involvement compared to similar areas. While volunteering is relatively common, the area has much lower rates of unpaid caregiving and child care than the national average. About 19.3% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people (19.3%) volunteer here. This is well above both the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 3.6% providing care and 16.9% caring for children. However, the 26.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
3.6% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.9% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.5% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 26.5%
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 2.8% seen across 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 Glasgow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21797/mount-glasgow/topic/community