16.4% ▼ -35.6%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3812, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3812, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid care define the community in postcode 3812, where more people look after children and manage homes than in most areas. While 16.4% of residents volunteer—a figure well above the Victorian average—this is a significant drop from the 25.5% recorded in 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering sits around the middle for similar areas at 16.4%. This is a little above the national figure, though the proportion of people volunteering has fallen by 9.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 24.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the national figure. This trend is consistent with higher rates of unpaid childcare (27.7%) and a slight increase in people providing general unpaid care to 13.8%.
13.8% ▲ +11.6%
Higher than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 68% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force, at just 1.3%. This is much lower than most other areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.3%
Lower than 86% 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 3812, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3812/3812-vic/topic/community