18.3% ▼ -28.6%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Flora Hill - Spring Gully · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Flora Hill - Spring Gully
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people volunteer in Flora Hill - Spring Gully than in most other areas. While 18.3% of residents give their time to community work, this is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. This spirit of contribution is seen across different types of unpaid support in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.3% of people volunteer here, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. However, this level of community involvement has fallen by 7.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Support at home is common, with 14.3% of people providing unpaid care, a figure that is much higher than most areas. This is alongside a slightly higher than average rate of people caring for children unpaid (27.5%) and 21.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework.
14.3% ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 21.2%
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.
Around 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as both the Victorian and Australian figures.
2.7%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Flora Hill - Spring Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/202011021/flora-hill-spring-gully/topic/community