25.7% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Prospect · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Prospect
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 26% of people in Mount Prospect volunteer, making it a place where residents are far more active in their community than most. This spirit of helping out extends into the home, with very high rates of unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in four residents volunteers here, which is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%. This rate is much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 34.3% of people providing unpaid care—far above the national figure of 11.9%. Similarly, 37.1% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is far above the 20.7% seen across Australia.
34.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.1% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.1% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 37.1%
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 this area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the Victorian and national rates.
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 Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21808/mount-prospect/topic/community