16.5% ▲ +78.2%
Higher than 73% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goldstein · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Goldstein
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A significant rise in volunteerism defines the recent trend for Goldstein, where the number of people giving their time has jumped 7.3 percentage points since 2011. This community is now much more active than most other areas, with 16.5% of residents volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than in the rest of the country, with 16.5% of residents helping out, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in the area, with 14.2% of people providing support—a figure that is among the highest for similar areas. This includes 28.6% of residents caring for children, which is a little above the Victorian average of 26.3%.
14.2% ▲ +32.7%
Higher than 95% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 74% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 52% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 20.9%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most other areas, with 1.8% of the population having served, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
1.8%
Lower than 74% 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 Goldstein [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED217/goldstein/topic/community