26.1% ▲ +82.6%
Higher than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 47.8%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alps - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Alps - West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over twice as many people volunteer in Alps - West compared to the state average. This community is highly active, with 26.1% of residents giving their time to others, a figure that has risen significantly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.1% of people helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 30.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. While child care is around the national average at 26.1%, no one in the area reported providing other types of unpaid care.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▲ —
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.4% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 30.4%
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 much more common here than elsewhere, with 16.7% of people having served. This is far above the 2% seen across Victoria.
16.7%
Higher than 99% 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 Alps - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205051099/alps-west/topic/community