8.0% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Morang · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South Morang
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in South Morang involves high levels of family care but very low community volunteering. Only 8% of residents volunteer their time, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This contrast suggests a local focus on home and family rather than external community groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well below the Victorian average of 13.3% and among the lowest for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care for children is common, with 29.7% of residents doing so unpaid, well above the 26.3% seen across Australia. However, 19% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is much lower than most other areas.
12.8% ▲ +22.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.7% ▼ -18.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 19.0%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force at 1.2%, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.8% and lower than most areas.
1.2%
Lower than 65% 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 South Morang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22311/south-morang/topic/community