17.2% ▼ -19.7%
Lower than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3095, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3095, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 33% of people in postcode 3095 provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. This area shows a high level of community and family contribution, though the number of people volunteering for organisations has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in the rest of Victoria and Australia, with 17.2% of people helping out, though this is 4.2 percentage points lower than in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very high in this area, with 16.1% of people providing care and 25.6% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, both of which are well above national figures.
16.1% ▲ +26.7%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.0% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 25.6%
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 less common here than in most other areas, with 2.4% of residents having served, which is about the same as the Victorian average.
2.4%
Lower than 66% 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 3095, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3095/3095-vic/topic/community