20.3% ▼ -16.0%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Metung · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Metung
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people give their time to others in Metung than in most similar areas. About 20% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure, though this has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.3% of people helping out. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common, with 28.4% of people doing 15 or more hours a week. In contrast, the 16.2% who care for children unpaid is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
13.1% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.2% ▼ -31.9%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 28.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.7% of the population. This is higher than most areas and a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
4.7%
Higher than 74% of urban centre 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 Metung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215055/metung/topic/community