17.7% ▼ -27.7%
Higher than 50% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
3950, VIC · Postcode
Community Participation in 3950, VIC
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in postcode 3950 involves a high level of unpaid support and community help. This is seen in the 15.3% of people providing unpaid care, a figure that is well above the national average. While volunteering has dropped since 2011, the area remains more active in community work than most of Victoria.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 17.7% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 24.6% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 27.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. While 25% of people care for children unpaid, the number of people providing general unpaid care rose to 15.3% since 2011.
15.3% ▲ +39.0%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -11.6%
Higher than 50% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.7% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 85% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 27.7%
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.
A little above the state average, 3% of people in the area have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.0%
Higher than 51% 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 3950, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3950/3950-vic/topic/community