25.6% ▼ -24.5%
Higher than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3393, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3393, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering than most areas define community life in postcode 3393. While 25.6% of the population gives their time to help others, this is far above the national figure of 14.1%. The area also sees a high level of unpaid care and domestic work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in four residents (25.6%) are volunteers, which is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. However, this level of community involvement has fallen by 8.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.2% of people providing care and 24.4% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above the national figures. In contrast, the 22.3% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
15.2% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% ▼ -1.5%
Lower than 68% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 24.4%
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 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the 2.0% recorded for Victoria and roughly the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.0%
Higher than 52% 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 3393, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3393/3393-vic/topic/community