18.3% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3854, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3854, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in postcode 3854 provide unpaid child care, which is well above the national figure. This area sees high levels of family and home support, though the number of people volunteering in the wider community has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.3% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Victorian and Australian figures. This represents a decline from 2011, when 24.4% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 34.7% of people caring for children and 28.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above national levels. Meanwhile, 13.3% provide other forms of unpaid care, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
13.3% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 58% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.7% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 96% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 28.6%
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 2.4% of the population, which is lower than in most similar areas and about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
2.4%
Lower than 64% 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 3854, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3854/3854-vic/topic/community