11.6% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3429, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3429, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 30% of people in postcode 3429 provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This high level of family care defines the area's community activity, though formal volunteering has dropped since 2011. Most of the area's social contribution happens within the home rather than through organised groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Formal volunteering is much lower here than in most other areas, with only 11.6% of people helping out. This is a little below the Victorian average and represents a 4.0 percentage point drop since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.8% of people providing assistance, a figure a little above the national average. This is driven largely by childcare, as 30.3% of residents provide unpaid care for children, which is well above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
14.8% ▲ +24.0%
Higher than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.3% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 83% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 58% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 22.1%
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 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the national figure of 2.8% and the Victorian average of 2.0%.
2.7%
Lower than 58% 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 3429, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3429/3429-vic/topic/community