10.1% ▼ -36.5%
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mulgrave (South-Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Mulgrave (South-Eastern Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few people in Mulgrave volunteer compared to a decade ago, with the rate falling from 15.9% in 2011 to just 10.1% in 2021. This drop means the area now has a much lower share of volunteers than most other places. Local involvement in unpaid care and housework has also generally declined over the same period.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.1% of people here volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and much lower than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The share of people providing unpaid care for children has fallen to 24.3%, and those doing 15 or more hours of housework dropped to 19.4%. However, the 12.4% of people providing other unpaid care is about the same as the Victorian average.
12.4% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 19.4%
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.
A small minority of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.2%, which is much lower than most other areas.
1.2%
Lower than 91% 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 Mulgrave (South-Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED25605/mulgrave/topic/community