10.1% —
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Port Melbourne Industrial · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Port Melbourne Industrial
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10.1% of people volunteer in Port Melbourne Industrial, which is much lower than most areas. This lack of local engagement extends to unpaid care and service, making it a place where residents are far less likely to provide unpaid support to others than they are across the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates are well below the national figure of 14.1%, with only 10.1% of the local population giving their time to a cause.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very rare here, as only 5.1% of people provide unpaid care and just 14.7% care for children unpaid, both of which are far below the Victorian average of 26.3%. Similarly, the 8.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework is among the lowest for this level of area.
5.1% —
Lower than 99% 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.
14.7% —
Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
8.7% —
Lower than 99% 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 also uncommon in Port Melbourne Industrial, with 0.8% of people having served, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.8%
Lower than 94% 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 Port Melbourne Industrial [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206051511/port-melbourne-industrial/topic/community