18.0% ▼ -37.8%
Higher than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3614, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3614, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in postcode 3614 provide unpaid childcare, a rate well above the national figure. This is a community where people contribute heavily through unpaid work and care, although formal volunteering has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18% of residents are volunteers, which is well above the Victorian and Australian figures, though this is down 11 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 25.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework a week. This is well above the national figure, while the proportion of people providing any unpaid care has risen to 14.9%.
14.9% ▲ +30.2%
Higher than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.6% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 25.7%
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 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 59% 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 3614, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3614/3614-vic/topic/community