16.5% ▼ -18.2%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Armadale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Armadale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have stepped up to volunteer in Armadale since 2011, though 16.5% of residents still give their time to community causes. This is a high figure that remains well above the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
While volunteering is more common here than in most areas, the number of people helping out has fallen by 3.7 percentage points over the last decade.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children and housework are much lower here than in most areas, with only 21.6% and 16.6% of people doing these tasks. Meanwhile, the share of people providing general unpaid care has risen to 12.7%, which is about the same as the national figure.
12.7% ▲ +32.9%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.6% ▲ +9.4%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 16.6%
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.
Only 1.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is much lower than in most similar areas.
1.6%
Lower than 81% 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 Armadale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206061135/armadale/topic/community