16.4% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3057, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3057, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people spend their time on unpaid care work in postcode 3057 than in other parts of the country. While 16.4% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure, the area stands out for having very low rates of unpaid childcare and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.4% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the national figure, though this is down 3.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area has some of the lowest rates of unpaid work, with only 16.2% caring for children and 13.5% doing over 15 hours of housework. Both figures are well below the state and national averages, and 9.8% of people provide some form of unpaid care.
9.8% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.2% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.5% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
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 service is uncommon here, with 0.8% of people having served, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
0.8%
Lower than 92% 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 3057, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3057/3057-vic/topic/community