15.5% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 63% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3031, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3031, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people perform unpaid care and housework in postcode 3031 than in most other areas. While volunteering has dipped slightly over the last decade, it remains a little more common here than across the state and nation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this is lower than in most similar areas and has fallen 2.5 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much less common here than in most areas, with only 20.3% of people caring for children unpaid, well below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework are among the lowest in the region at 14.9%.
10.4% ▲ +25.1%
Lower than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.3% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.9% ▲ +10.2%
Lower than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 14.9%
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 1.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is much lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.2%
Lower than 87% 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 3031, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3031/3031-vic/topic/community