18.0% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mountain Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mountain Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost one in five people in Mountain Bay volunteer, a figure that is well above the national average. This strong community spirit is a key feature of the area, though very few residents have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 16% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Other unpaid care is more common, with 12% of residents providing general care and 22% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
12.0% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.0% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 22.0%
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, a result that is a little below both the Victorian and Australian figures.
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 Mountain Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21817/mountain-bay/topic/community