10.9% ▼ -59.8%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Hotham · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mount Hotham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp drop in volunteering is the main story for Mount Hotham, where only 10.9% of people now give their time for free. This is well below the national figure, and the area is also marked by very low levels of unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.9% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Victorian rate of 13.3%. This figure has fallen by 16 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon here, with only 3.4% of people providing it, which is well below the national figure. Similarly, the number of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is far below the state average and has fallen 23 points since 2011.
3.4% ▼ -75.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.4% ▼ -59.2%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
8.4% ▼ -73.2%
Lower than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 8.4%
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.
About 3.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Victorian rate of 2.0% and about the same as the national figure.
3.2%
Lower than 60% 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 Hotham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222058/mount-hotham/topic/community