22.4% ▼ -22.7%
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3357, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3357, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in postcode 3357 provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This area shows a strong pattern of people contributing their time to others, through both formal volunteering and home-based care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most areas, with 22.4% of people helping out. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria, though the figure has fallen 6.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in this area, with 29.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Similarly, 16.2% provide unpaid care, a figure that is well above the national rate and has risen since 2011.
16.2% ▲ +25.2%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.4% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.6% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 29.6%
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.
About 3.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the 2.0% seen in Victoria and about the same as the Australian average.
3.0%
Higher than 53% 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 3357, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3357/3357-vic/topic/community