15.1% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3015, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3015, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 33.5% of people in postcode 3015 provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This highlights a strong focus on family care in the area, even though other forms of community volunteering have declined recently.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.1% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas. This figure has fallen by 2.3 percentage points since 2011, though it remains a little above the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is very common here, sitting well above the Australian figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 12.9% of people provide other types of unpaid care and 21.0% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
12.9% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.5% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▲ +6.1%
Lower than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 21.0%
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.
Defence Force service is less common in this area than in most others. About 2.0% of residents have served, which is about the same as the state figure for Victoria.
2.0%
Lower than 73% 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 3015, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3015/3015-vic/topic/community