30.1% ▼ -18.2%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3292, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3292, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering rates have dropped by 6.7 percentage points since 2011 in postcode 3292, though community involvement remains very high. About 30.1% of people here volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 30.1%, the share of people who volunteer is much higher than in most areas and far above the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people provide unpaid childcare at 9.1%, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. However, 29.0% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This helps explain why the 14.2% of people providing general unpaid care is higher than in most other areas.
14.2% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.1% ▼ -52.7%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.0% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 29.0%
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 2.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 67% 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 3292, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3292/3292-vic/topic/community