14.6% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 53% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Flinders · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Flinders
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of residents in Flinders provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. While many locals step up to support others, the number of people volunteering has dropped since 2011. This mix of family care and community service defines how people give their time in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of people volunteer, which is a little above the Victorian figure and around the middle for similar areas. However, this level of involvement has fallen by 4.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.3% of people providing care—a rate among the highest for its level and a little above the national figure. This is alongside a high proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the state average.
14.3% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 96% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 55% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 81% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 23.3%
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 notably high 4.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
4.3%
Higher than 87% 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 Flinders [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED213/flinders/topic/community