16.7% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3184, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3184, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people have taken on unpaid care roles since 2011, though volunteering has dropped. Postcode 3184 currently sees 16.7% of residents volunteering, which is well above the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of people here volunteer, a figure that is a little above the Australian average. However, this is 3.0 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than the national figure at 21.3%. While 12.7% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, only 14.9% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well below the Victorian average.
12.7% ▲ +46.4%
Lower than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.3% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.9% ▲ +27.0%
Lower than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 14.9%
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 1.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is much lower than most similar areas.
1.2%
Lower than 88% 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 3184, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3184/3184-vic/topic/community