24.2% ▼ -24.5%
Higher than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3272, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3272, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have dropped by 7.9 percentage points since 2011 in postcode 3272, though they remain very high. Nearly one in four people still volunteer here, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 24.2%, the share of volunteers is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people do unpaid care and housework here than in most areas, with 26.4% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. Around 14.0% provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure of 11.9%.
14.0% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.4% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 26.4%
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.
About 2.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.9%
Lower than 51% 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 3272, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3272/3272-vic/topic/community