18.2% ▼ -33.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Helen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Helen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people volunteer in Mount Helen, showing a strong community spirit. This is well above both the Victorian and national figures, reflecting a local culture where residents give a lot of their time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.2% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Giving back is common here, with 29.8% of people caring for children unpaid—a figure well above the national average of 26.3%. Housework and general unpaid care are also common, with 24.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
13.0% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.8% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 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.
Defence service is typical for the region, with 2.6% of the population having served, a figure about the same as the state and national levels.
2.6%
Higher than 50% 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 Helen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21798/mount-helen/topic/community