18.7% ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3142, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3142, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have dropped by 2.9 percentage points since 2011 in postcode 3142, though engagement remains high. While 18.7% of people still volunteer, the number of residents providing unpaid care has climbed to 14.2% over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.7% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 20.1%, well below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, only 17.4% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, but the 14.2% who provide other unpaid care is a little above the national average.
14.2% ▲ +31.5%
Higher than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.1% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.4% ▲ +2.4%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 17.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.0% of the population, which is much lower than most areas and about the same as the Victorian average.
2.0%
Lower than 74% 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 3142, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3142/3142-vic/topic/community