20.5% ▼ -17.0%
Higher than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3444, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3444, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in postcode 3444, where more than one in five people volunteer. This rate is well above the national figure, though it has dropped slightly since 2011. Local residents are also more likely than those in most other areas to provide unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.5% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. This is higher than most areas, even though the figure fell 4.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 26.8% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the national average. Similarly, 14.7% provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure and has risen since 2011.
14.7% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 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.
Around 3.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the 2.0% recorded for Victoria and about the same as the Australian figure.
3.2%
Higher 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 3444, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3444/3444-vic/topic/community