7.2% ▼ -26.9%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3803, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3803, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7.2% of people in postcode 3803 volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This low level of community activity is mirrored by lower-than-average rates of unpaid childcare and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates have fallen to 7.2% since 2011, leaving this area well below the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people do unpaid work here, with only 16.1% spending 15 or more hours on housework, which is much lower than most areas. Similarly, the 23.2% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%, while general unpaid care is about the same as the rest of the country at 12.1%.
12.1% ▲ +14.3%
Lower than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.2% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 63% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.1% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 16.1%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force, at just 1.0%, which is much lower than most similar areas.
1.0%
Lower than 89% 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 3803, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3803/3803-vic/topic/community