15.9% ▲ +18.1%
Higher than 67% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Higgins · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Higgins
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of volunteering than most similar areas mark the community in Higgins. While 15.9% of residents give their time to others, the area sees far fewer people performing unpaid childcare and housework than the state or national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has risen to 15.9% since 2011, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 21.3%, and housework of 15 hours or more is also well below the national figure at 16.9%. Meanwhile, 12.1% of people provide general unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
12.1% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 55% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.3% ▼ -17.5%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.9% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 84% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 16.9%
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 much lower here than in most similar areas, with only 1.4% of people having served in the Defence Force.
1.4%
Lower than 84% 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 Higgins [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED220/higgins/topic/community