11.7% ▼ -25.8%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3006, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3006, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of unpaid care and volunteering set postcode 3006 apart from the rest of the state. Only 10.5% of people here provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the Victorian average of 26.3%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen to 11.7% since 2011, a figure that is now a little below both the state and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few residents provide unpaid care, with only 5.4% caring for others and 10.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well below the national typicals.
5.4% ▲ +11.9%
Lower than 98% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.5% ▲ +7.1%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.3% ▲ +35.4%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 1.1% of the population, which is much lower than most similar areas.
1.1%
Lower than 88% of postcode 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 3006, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3006/3006-vic/topic/community