28.4% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Muckleford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Muckleford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of residents volunteer their time in Muckleford, a rate far above the national figure. This community is marked by high levels of unpaid contribution, both through local volunteering and extensive care work within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.4% of people helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in Muckleford; 35.7% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with the area having more people providing unpaid care (17.4%) and caring for children (28.9%) than most other places.
17.4% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.7% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 35.7%
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.
About 1.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower 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 Muckleford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21824/muckleford/topic/community