27.6% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Mercer · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Mercer
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Mount Mercer give their time to volunteer, making it a place where community contribution is very common. Local life is marked by high levels of unpaid work, with many residents caring for children and helping in the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than in most other areas, with 27.6% of residents pitching in—well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a big part of life here, with 39.5% of people caring for children and 30.3% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both figures far above the Victorian averages. However, only 9.2% provide other types of unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
9.2% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.5% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.3% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 30.3%
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.
Defence service is more frequent here than elsewhere, with 8.1% of residents having served in the Defence Force, a figure well above the 2.8% national average.
8.1%
Higher than 91% 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 Mercer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21804/mount-mercer/topic/community