16.7% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3185, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3185, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 17% of people in postcode 3185 volunteer, which is well above the Victorian average. This community shows a strong leaning toward unpaid work, though the number of volunteers has dipped since 2011. Most residents follow state and national patterns in their caregiving roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of residents volunteer, a figure that is a little above the national average. This is down 3.1 percentage points from 2011, when 19.8% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 25.9% of people provide unpaid childcare, matching the national figure, only 16.7% do 15 or more hours of housework—which is well below the usual rate for most areas. Meanwhile, those providing other types of unpaid care rose to 13.0% since 2011.
13.0% ▲ +24.3%
Higher than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.7% ▼ -0.1%
Lower than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 16.7%
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.
Only 1.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most other areas and a little below the national figure.
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 3185, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3185/3185-vic/topic/community