18.1% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3782, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3782, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in postcode 3782 than in most similar areas. While volunteering has dropped since 2011, the community remains more active in giving their time than the Victorian or national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.1% of people volunteer here, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. However, this is down from 2011, when 22.8% of the population volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 30.6% of people caring for children and 27% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are much higher than most areas. The number of people providing other types of unpaid care has also risen to 14.8%.
14.8% ▲ +27.4%
Higher than 82% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.6% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 27.0%
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 Force veterans make up 2.5% of the population, a figure that is lower than most areas and about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.5%
Lower than 62% 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 3782, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3782/3782-vic/topic/community