17.5% ▼ -22.6%
Lower than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3437, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3437, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in postcode 3437 provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This area shows high levels of unpaid work and caregiving, though the number of local volunteers has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.5% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. However, this is down 5.1 percentage points from 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are common here, with 33.7% of people providing unpaid childcare and 26.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the national figures. Those providing other types of unpaid care have also risen to 14.0% since 2011.
14.0% ▲ +23.0%
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.7% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 26.8%
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.
Defence service is slightly more common here than in the rest of Victoria, with 3.0% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
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 3437, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3437/3437-vic/topic/community