29.7% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mudgegonga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mudgegonga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people volunteer in Mudgegonga compared to the rest of the country. Nearly 30% of the community gives their time to help others, which is more than double the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 29.7% of residents volunteer, a rate that is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 18.1% of people providing care and 26.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well above the national figures. Meanwhile, the 23.9% of people caring for children unpaid is a little below the Australian average of 26.3%.
18.1% ▲ +80.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.9% ▲ +4.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.5% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 26.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.4% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the 2.8% national figure.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Mudgegonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21826/mudgegonga/topic/community