20.5% ▼ -22.5%
Higher than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3634, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3634, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 31% of people in postcode 3634 provide unpaid childcare, which is much higher than most other areas. This community is very active in supporting others, with high rates of volunteering and unpaid care compared to the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.5% of people helping out. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%, although the rate has fallen 5.9 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life here, with 27.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%, and 17.5% of residents provide other forms of unpaid care, a figure that has risen since 2011.
17.5% ▲ +29.1%
Higher than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.0% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 83% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas, with 2.1% of people having served. This is about the same as the 2% recorded across Victoria.
2.1%
Lower than 72% 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 3634, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3634/3634-vic/topic/community