14.1% ▼ -27.9%
Lower than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3089, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3089, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A shift in how people give their time has seen volunteer rates in postcode 3089 drop by 5.4 percentage points since 2011. While fewer people are volunteering, those providing unpaid care for others have increased significantly. This is now a place where unpaid care is far more common than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most areas and roughly the same as the Victorian and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 16.2% of people providing care—well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is driven by the 32.3% of residents who care for children unpaid, a rate that is much higher than most areas.
16.2% ▲ +39.3%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.3% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 2.2% of the population, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
2.2%
Lower than 70% 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 3089, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3089/3089-vic/topic/community