40.0% —
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 51.9%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3708, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3708, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Forty per cent of people in postcode 3708 volunteer, a figure far above the national average. While this is among the highest rates for similar areas, the proportion of volunteers has fallen by 12 points since 2016. The area is also marked by a high number of people performing significant unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 40.0% of residents pitching in, which is far above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many people do a lot of housework, with 34.5% spending 15 or more hours a week on chores, far above the national figure of 20.7%. In contrast, the 16.4% of people providing unpaid child care is well below the Australian average of 26.3%. General unpaid care stands at 12.7%, about the same as the rest of the country, though this fell 16 points since 2016.
12.7% —
Lower than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.4% —
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.5% —
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 34.5%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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 3708, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3708/3708-vic/topic/community