7.4% ▼ -18.7%
Lower than 98% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3020, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3020, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7.4% of people in postcode 3020 volunteer, meaning community involvement is well below both state and national levels. This low rate of volunteering is paired with a much lower tendency for residents to provide unpaid childcare or do heavy housework compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest in similar areas, at just 7.4%. This is well below the 13.3% seen across Victoria, and the figure has fallen 1.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people here provide unpaid care for children (20.8%) or do 15 or more hours of housework (15.8%) than the national figures. Meanwhile, 11.1% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little below the state average.
11.1% ▲ +8.3%
Lower than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.8% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.8% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 15.8%
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 0.8% of the population. This is among the lowest at this level and is a little below the 2.8% figure for Australia.
0.8%
Lower than 91% 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 3020, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3020/3020-vic/topic/community