15.9% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stonnington · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Stonnington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Stonnington have volunteered their time since 2011, with the rate falling 4 percentage points to 15.9%. While volunteering remains a little above the national figure, this area sees much lower rates of unpaid childcare and housework than most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.9% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most similar areas. This is a little above the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 19.1% of people provide unpaid childcare and 15.7% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the state and national figures. Meanwhile, 11.7% provide other unpaid care, a rate that rose slightly since 2011 and is about the same as the Australian average.
11.7% ▲ +19.2%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.1% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.7% ▲ +2.3%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 15.7%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.4% of the population. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 90% 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 Stonnington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26350/stonnington/topic/community