30.2% —
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3565, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3565, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly 30% of residents in postcode 3565 volunteer their time, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement defines the area, where the proportion of volunteers has grown since 2016. It is a place where people are much more likely to give their time to others than in most other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30.2% of people helping out. This is far above the Victorian rate of 13.3% and has risen by 3.1 percentage points since 2016.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 23.6% of people do 15 or more hours of housework per week, which is well above the Victorian figure, unpaid care for others is less common. Those providing unpaid care fell to 11.3%, and the 22.6% who care for children is well below the national average.
11.3% —
Lower than 70% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% —
Lower than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% —
Higher than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 23.6%
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 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 51% 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 3565, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3565/3565-vic/topic/community