22.6% ▼ -32.2%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mortlake · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mortlake
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher proportion of people volunteer in Mortlake than in other similar areas. While 22.6% of residents give their time to the community, this is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong local involvement persists even though volunteer rates have fallen by 11 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.6% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.8% of people providing it—a little above the national figure. This includes 27.0% of residents doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, though the 21.6% of people caring for children is well below the 26.3% average for Australia.
14.8% ▲ +30.3%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 27.0%
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.
Defence service is slightly more common here than in the state, with 3.4% of people having served in the Defence Force.
3.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Mortlake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215058/mortlake/topic/community