16.2% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 58% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3223, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3223, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in postcode 3223 spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This community is more likely to provide unpaid care and serve in the Defence Force than people in most other areas. While volunteering remains common, it has fallen from 20.7% in 2011 to 16.2% today.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. This is around the middle for similar areas, though the rate has fallen by 4.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.8% of people providing support, a figure a little above the national average. While 26.7% of residents do significant housework—well above the national 20.7%—the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure at 18.5%.
14.8% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 82% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 26.7%
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.
A higher proportion of people in this area have served in the Defence Force compared to most other places. At 3.7%, this is a little above the Victorian average of 2.0%.
3.7%
Higher than 70% 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 3223, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3223/3223-vic/topic/community