17.1% ▼ -30.7%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Unincorporated Vic · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Unincorporated Vic
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Unincorporated Vic volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. This highlights a strong culture of community contribution, despite other forms of unpaid care and domestic work being much less common here than in the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.1% of people volunteer, which is well above the Victorian rate of 13.3%. This is a drop from 2011, when 24.8% of the population volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in other areas, with only 9.2% of people caring for children. Similarly, the shares of people doing significant housework (9.9%) and providing general unpaid care (5.6%) are all well below the national figures.
5.6% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 96% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.2% ▼ -39.3%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.9% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 96% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 9.9%
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.
Only 1.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most other areas and slightly below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 87% 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 Unincorporated Vic [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA29399/unincorporated-vic/topic/community