21.0% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Surf Coast · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Surf Coast
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Surf Coast volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. This high level of community involvement is paired with a strong tendency for residents to provide unpaid care and housework compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria. However, this figure has fallen by 5.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 31.5% of people caring for children—among the highest rates for this level. This is consistent with the 25.2% of residents doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, both of which are well above the state and national figures.
13.5% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.5% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 25.2%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 2.3% of the population in this group. This is lower than most areas and about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 71% 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 Surf Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26490/surf-coast/topic/community