23.9% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Macedon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Macedon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Mount Macedon give their time to volunteering, a rate far above the national average. This community is notably active in both formal volunteering and providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.9% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 32.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly—far above the 20.7% national average. This is consistent with the area's high rates of unpaid care for children (30.7%) and other people (14.9%), both of which are well above national levels.
14.9% ▲ +24.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.3% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 32.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.5% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Macedon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21801/mount-macedon/topic/community