13.1% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Knox · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Knox
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Knox have volunteered since 2011, but more are now providing unpaid care. While 13.1% of residents volunteer, others are heavily involved in the home, with 27.8% of people caring for children without pay.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 3.7 percentage points since 2011. At 13.1%, this is much lower than most areas, though it is about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A little more than the national average of 26.3% of people here care for children unpaid, and 13.3% provide some form of unpaid care, a figure that rose since 2011. Meanwhile, 20.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework a week.
13.3% ▲ +22.6%
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 20.7%
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 uncommon in Knox, with only 1.9% of people having served. This is much lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.9%
Lower than 82% 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 Knox [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA23670/knox/topic/community