19.8% ▼ -26.6%
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Strathfieldsaye · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Strathfieldsaye
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Strathfieldsaye provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This is a community with high levels of unpaid work and volunteering, though the number of people offering their time for free has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 20% of residents are volunteers, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. This is much higher than most similar areas, although the rate has fallen by 7.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 36.4% of people caring for children and 26.7% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both far exceeding state and national levels. Meanwhile, the proportion of people providing other unpaid care rose slightly since 2011 to 14.7%.
14.7% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.4% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 39.6%
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 26.7%
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.
About 3.4% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is higher than most similar areas and sits a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
3.4%
Higher than 66% 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 Strathfieldsaye [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/202011024/strathfieldsaye/topic/community