30.6% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 40.0%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3480, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3480, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly 30.6% of people in postcode 3480 volunteer, a figure far above the national rate of 14.1%. This level of community involvement is much higher than in most other areas, despite a drop from 40% in 2011. It is a place where residents contribute significant time to unpaid work and care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30.6% of residents helping out. This is 17 percentage points higher than the figures for Victoria and Australia, though the rate has fallen by 9.3 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is frequent, with 14.4% of people providing care, which is a little above the national figure. While 25.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework—well above the Victorian average—those caring for children unpaid (20.1%) are well below the state and national rates.
14.4% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.1% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -17.5%
Higher than 70% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 25.5%
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 seen in 2.8% of the population. This is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia, placing the area around the middle for its level.
2.8%
Lower than 55% 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 3480, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3480/3480-vic/topic/community