12.7% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3355, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3355, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of volunteering than most similar areas define postcode 3355. Only 12.7% of the population now volunteers, which is a drop of 4.8 percentage points since 2011. This suggests a shift in how people in the area spend their spare time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.7% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is about the same as the Victorian average of 13.3% and just a little below the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is a little above the national figure at 14.1%, though the proportion of people caring for children is well below the Australian average at 22.0%. Meanwhile, 20.6% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
14.1% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 70% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 69% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 3.1% of the population. This is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria and around the middle for similar areas.
3.1%
Higher than 56% 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 3355, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3355/3355-vic/topic/community