21.9% ▼ -35.8%
Higher than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 44.7%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3243, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3243, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 32% of people in postcode 3243 spend 15 hours or more each week on unpaid housework, a figure far above the national average. While the area has a high rate of volunteering, the proportion of people providing unpaid care or looking after children is much lower than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.9% of people helping out, which is well above the 14.1% national figure. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 34.1% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 32.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the Victorian figure of 20.1%. In contrast, only 10.1% provide unpaid care and 20.7% care for children unpaid, both of which are well below national levels.
10.1% ▼ -40.0%
Lower than 82% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% ▼ -26.7%
Lower than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.5% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 32.5%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.9% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 50% 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 3243, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3243/3243-vic/topic/community