16.6% ▼ -18.2%
Higher than 74% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gippsland · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Gippsland
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 16.6% of people in Gippsland volunteer, which is much higher than most other areas. While volunteering has dropped since 2011, the region still sees high levels of people providing unpaid care and household work. This shows a strong culture of community and family support across the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.6% of people helping out, which is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria. However, this is down 3.7 percentage points from 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 14.1% of people providing it and 24.7% doing over 15 hours of housework—both figures are well above the national average. In contrast, those caring for children unpaid have fallen to 23.8%, which is a little below the Victorian figure.
14.1% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 94% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 74% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 91% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 24.7%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 4.0% of the population having served. This is a little above both the state and national figures.
4.0%
Higher than 83% 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 Gippsland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED216/gippsland/topic/community