13.1% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 58% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Aston · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Aston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define the community in Aston, where 13.3% of people provide assistance to others. This sense of supporting others is seen across the area, though the number of people volunteering their time has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.1% of people volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia. This is a drop from 2011, when 17.4% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are common here, with 27.8% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure a little above the national average. While 20.7% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, the proportion of people providing general unpaid care rose to 13.3% since 2011.
13.3% ▲ +21.3%
Higher than 78% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 66% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 50% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 20.7%
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 the population has served in the Defence Force, at 1.9%. This is lower than most other areas and slightly below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
1.9%
Lower than 73% of federal 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 Aston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED201/aston/topic/community