8.4% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3025, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3025, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in postcode 3025 provide unpaid childcare, marking it as the most common form of community contribution in the area. While family care is steady, other forms of local engagement are notably low compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Very few people here volunteer their time, with only 8.4% doing so. This is well below the national figure of 14.1% and is among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 25.6% of people helping out, a figure that has risen since 2011. Meanwhile, 12.3% provide other unpaid care and 18.3% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is much lower than most areas.
12.3% ▲ +9.3%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 82% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 18.3%
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.
Only 1.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a rate that is much lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower than 89% 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 3025, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3025/3025-vic/topic/community