13.0% ▼ -22.9%
Lower than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3106, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3106, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in postcode 3106 have volunteered since 2011, but more of the community has stepped up to provide unpaid care. While 13% of residents now volunteer, a much higher proportion of the population than in most other areas provides unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 3.9 percentage points since 2011 to 13%. This is much lower than most other areas, though it remains about the same as the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here provide unpaid care than in most areas, a figure that rose 3.2 percentage points since 2011 to 14.6%. This sits alongside a high number of people caring for children unpaid (26.6%) and 22.4% who do 15 or more hours of housework a week.
14.6% ▲ +28.6%
Higher than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▲ +2.2%
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 22.4%
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 1.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.3%
Lower than 86% 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 3106, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3106/3106-vic/topic/community