9.0% ▼ -33.7%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hotham · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Hotham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are volunteering and caring for others in Hotham than in previous years. Only 9% of residents now volunteer, a figure that has fallen significantly since 2011. This downward trend is seen across most forms of unpaid community and family support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Hotham has fallen 4.6 percentage points since 2011. At 9%, it is now well below the national figure of 14.1% and much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children has dropped 5.3 percentage points since 2011 to 22.8%, which is well below the Victorian average. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework fell to 16.6%, while general unpaid care has barely changed at 11.2%.
11.2% ▲ +4.6%
Lower than 64% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 79% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.6% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 16.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 0.9% of the population. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.9%
Lower than 94% 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 Hotham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED222/hotham/topic/community