31.6% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Lonarch · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Lonarch
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in three people in Mount Lonarch volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement is matched by a strong tendency for residents to provide unpaid care and support for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 31.6% of residents helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of local life, with 23.7% providing care—far above the national figure of 11.9%. While only 18.4% care for children unpaid (well below the national 26.3%), a much higher than usual 34.2% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
23.7% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.4% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.2% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.8%
- 2021: 34.2%
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 Lonarch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21800/mount-lonarch/topic/community