15.5% ▲ +52.7%
Higher than 61% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Casey · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Casey
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Casey are pitching in to help others than they were in 2011. The community has seen a steady rise in volunteering and unpaid care, with 15.5% of residents now giving their time to volunteer work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has grown significantly from 10.2% in 2011 to 15.5% today. This rate is higher than most similar areas and sits a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, as 30.4% of people care for children and 23.9% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well above the national average, and the proportion of people providing any unpaid care has risen to 14.7%.
14.7% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 88% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▲ +24.7%
Higher than 87% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 23.9%
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 2.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than in most similar areas, though it is about the same as the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
2.3%
Lower than 63% 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 Casey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED206/casey/topic/community