18.2% ▼ -25.9%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Golden Plains - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Golden Plains - South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Golden Plains - South take on unpaid roles compared to the state and national averages. A striking 31.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare, and volunteering is well above the national figure. These figures highlight a community with a very strong commitment to unpaid work and local support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.2% of people helping out, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. However, this rate has fallen by 6.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in this area, with 28.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%, and 14.9% of residents provide some form of unpaid care.
14.9% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.6% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.3% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 28.3%
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.
About 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the 2.0% recorded for Victoria and roughly the same as the national average of 2.8%.
3.1%
Higher than 56% 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 Golden Plains - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203011035/golden-plains-south/topic/community