17.3% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3130, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3130, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in postcode 3130 involves a high level of helping others, with 14.3% of people providing unpaid care. While volunteering has dropped over the last decade, this area still sees more people giving their time to the community than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.3% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a decline from 2011, when 22.8% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.3% of people providing support—a figure that is much higher than most areas. This is seen alongside a high rate of unpaid childcare, which is a little above the national figure at 27.8%.
14.3% ▲ +19.7%
Higher than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 69% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 21.7%
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.
Very few people in this area have served in the Defence Force, at just 1.9%. This is much lower than most other similar areas.
1.9%
Lower than 77% 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 3130, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3130/3130-vic/topic/community