11.2% ▼ -69.4%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Egerton · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mount Egerton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Mount Egerton than in most similar areas. While 30.3% of residents look after children without pay, the number of people volunteering has fallen sharply since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates have dropped significantly here, falling 25 points since 2011 to reach 11.2%. This figure is now much lower than most other areas and sits a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in Mount Egerton, with 31.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the Victorian figure of 20.1%. This high level of domestic work is consistent with the 30.3% of residents who provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average.
13.5% ▲ +61.7%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.3% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.5% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 31.5%
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 3.2%. This is lower than most similar areas, though it remains a little above the state figure of 2.0%.
3.2%
Lower than 61% 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 Mount Egerton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222057/mount-egerton/topic/community