20.2% ▼ -30.3%
Higher than 63% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3622, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3622, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid support and help out in the community in postcode 3622 than in most other areas. About 20.2% of residents volunteer, and over 30% provide unpaid childcare, showing a strong local commitment to family and neighborhood support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is well above the national figure of 14.1%, though the number of people helping out fell by 8.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 30.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure far above the 20.7% national average. This is consistent with the 31.1% of residents providing unpaid childcare, which is much higher than most areas.
14.5% ▼ -17.7%
Higher than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.1% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.9% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 96% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 30.9%
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 among the lowest for any similar area, with 0.0% of residents having served, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 3622, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3622/3622-vic/topic/community