12.7% ▼ -27.9%
Lower than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3556, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3556, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high number of residents provide unpaid care to others in postcode 3556, though local volunteering has dropped. While 15% of the community looks after someone, the proportion of people volunteering has fallen to 12.7%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates are much lower than in most areas, with 12.7% of people helping out. This is a downward trend, as the figure fell 4.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15% of people providing support—a figure well above the national average. This sits alongside a higher-than-usual 27.3% of residents who care for children unpaid.
15.0% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▼ -16.6%
Lower than 63% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 21.3%
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 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for similar areas and roughly the same as the national figure.
2.9%
Lower 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 3556, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3556/3556-vic/topic/community