20.5% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3460, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3460, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in five people in postcode 3460 volunteer, a rate well above both the state and national figures. While community spirit remains high, this level of participation has fallen from 25.2% in 2011. This reflects a place where unpaid work and service are common parts of daily life.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas, with 20.5% of people helping out. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%, though it has dropped by 4.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 19.4%, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. However, 24.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, and unpaid care for others has risen slightly to 13.2%.
13.2% ▲ +11.6%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 83% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 59% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 24.1%
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.
Around 3.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria and about the same as the Australian average 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 3460, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3460/3460-vic/topic/community