22.3% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Strathbogie · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Strathbogie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 22.3% of people volunteer in Strathbogie, a rate well above both the state and national figures. This high level of community involvement stands out, though the number of volunteers has fallen by 6.3 percentage points since 2011. The area also shows a strong trend of providing unpaid support to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most areas, with 22.3% of residents pitching in. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent, with 24.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 14.3% providing unpaid care, both much higher than most areas. Conversely, those caring for children unpaid are much fewer than usual at 21.0%.
14.3% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.0% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 24.7%
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.
A higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 4.0%. This is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria and the 2.8% national figure.
4.0%
Higher than 80% 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 Strathbogie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26430/strathbogie/topic/community