16.0% ▼ -23.8%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Sale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Sale, where residents are more likely to volunteer and provide unpaid care than people in most other areas. While 16% of people volunteer, this is a drop from 21% in 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16% of people in Sale volunteer, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.4% of people providing care—a figure much higher than most similar areas. This is alongside a higher-than-average 23.3% of residents who do 15 or more hours of housework a week.
14.4% ▲ +16.5%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
The area has one of the highest proportions of veterans, with 7.7% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2% seen across Victoria and the 2.8% national average.
7.7%
Higher than 98% 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 Sale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205051103/sale/topic/community