16.5% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3145, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3145, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the state average, 16.5% of people in postcode 3145 volunteer their time. This suggests a strong own-initiative for community support, even though the number of volunteers has fallen by 4.9 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.5% of the population volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and well above Victoria's 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.2% of people providing care—a figure that rose 1.9 percentage points since 2011. Meanwhile, 24.9% provide unpaid child care, which is a little below the state and national figures.
13.2% ▲ +16.5%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.2% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 19.2%
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 1.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 85% 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 3145, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3145/3145-vic/topic/community