18.2% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Wallace · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Wallace
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people volunteer in Mount Wallace compared to the rest of the state. While 18.2% of residents give their time to others, the area has a lower rate of unpaid childcare than both Victoria and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.2% of people helping out, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is less common than in most areas, sitting well below the national and state figures at 22.2%. Meanwhile, 12.1% of people provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the Australian average.
12.1% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 22.2%
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.
Defence Force service is slightly more common here than in Victoria, with 3.2% of the population having served.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Wallace [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21815/mount-wallace/topic/community