14.0% —
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Waverley (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Mount Waverley (Eastern Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About the same as the state average, 14% of people in Mount Waverley volunteer their time. This reflects a steady level of community involvement, though the number of volunteers has dropped significantly from 22% in 2016.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates are around the middle for similar areas, sitting at 14.0%. This is about the same as both the Victorian and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 26.7% of people caring for children and 12.3% providing other unpaid care. More people do 15 or more hours of housework (21.9%) compared to the state and national figures.
12.3% —
Higher than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% —
Higher than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% —
Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 21.9%
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.
Only 1.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most other areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 87% of state electorate 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 Mount Waverley (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED25501/mount-waverley/topic/community