7.2% ▼ -26.4%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3175, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3175, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7.2% of people volunteer in postcode 3175, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This low level of community involvement is mirrored in unpaid care, where the area sits well below state and national figures across the board.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far less common here than in the rest of the country, and the rate has fallen by 2.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less frequent in this area, with only 15.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 21.3% caring for children, both of which are well below the Victorian average.
10.9% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.3% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.1% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 15.1%
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 also rare in the area, with only 0.9% of residents having served, a figure that is a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
0.9%
Lower than 90% 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 3175, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3175/3175-vic/topic/community