10.5% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Frankston · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Frankston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Frankston have volunteered since 2011, but more are providing unpaid care. While only 10.5% of residents now volunteer, the number of people providing unpaid care has risen to 13.5%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.5% of people in Frankston volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a drop of 3.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A little more than a quarter of residents—28.6%—provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than both the state and national figures. More people are providing unpaid care overall, rising to 13.5% since 2011, while those doing 15 or more hours of housework fell slightly to 19.8%.
13.5% ▲ +23.8%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 19.8%
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 areas, with 2.4% of the population having served. This is about the same as the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
2.4%
Lower than 67% of council (lga) 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 Frankston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA22170/frankston/topic/community