16.8% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mundoona · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mundoona
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid home duties stand out in Mundoona compared to similar areas. Many residents contribute significant time to their households and the local community, though very few have served in the military.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.8% of people volunteer their time, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and a little above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 35.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure far above the national average of 20.7%. This trend is consistent with 27.4% of residents providing unpaid childcare, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
12.4% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.4% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 35.4%
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 rate that is a little below the national figure of 2.8% and the Victorian rate of 2.0%.
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 Mundoona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21829/mundoona/topic/community