13.8% —
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Grovedale - Mount Duneed · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Grovedale - Mount Duneed
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Grovedale - Mount Duneed provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family care is a key feature of the area's community activity, while other forms of volunteering and service remain steady.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.8% of residents volunteer their time, which is around the middle for similar areas and roughly the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 29.6% of people looking after children—well above the 26.3% seen across the state. This is alongside a higher-than-usual 13.4% of residents providing general unpaid care.
13.4% —
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.6% —
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% —
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 service is around the middle for similar areas, with 2.5% of the population having served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.5%
Lower than 59% 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 Grovedale - Mount Duneed [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203021487/grovedale-mount-duneed/topic/community