22.5% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3788, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3788, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in postcode 3788 have dipped slightly since 2011, but the area remains a place of high community contribution. Over 22% of residents volunteer their time, and a very high proportion of people provide unpaid care for children or others in their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.5% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. This is higher than most other similar areas, though the figure has fallen by 1.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 16.3% of people providing care and 31.7% looking after children unpaid, both of which are well above the national figures. This is consistent with the 28.1% of residents who do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, a rate much higher than most areas.
16.3% ▲ +17.8%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.1% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 28.1%
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.
Roughly 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both 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 3788, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3788/3788-vic/topic/community