17.2% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Albert Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Albert Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 17% of people in Albert Park spend their spare time volunteering, which is well above the national figure. While many residents give their time to the community, far fewer are involved in unpaid childcare compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.2% of residents helping out, though this is down 3.6 percentage points since 2011. This rate remains well above both the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 23.0%. Similarly, only 17.5% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well below the national figure of 20.7%. However, the 13.0% of people providing other types of unpaid care is higher than in most areas.
13.0% ▲ +33.2%
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.5% ▲ +17.6%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 17.5%
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 2.0% of the community has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the Victorian average.
2.0%
Lower than 73% 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 Albert Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206051128/albert-park/topic/community