13.2% —
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Yarra - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in South Yarra - North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few residents in South Yarra - North provide unpaid care, a trend that defines the community's participation patterns. While volunteering levels are typical for the country, the area sees far fewer people performing unpaid domestic work or caregiving compared to the rest of Victoria.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.2% of people here volunteer, which is lower than in most similar areas and about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than elsewhere, with only 9.4% of people caring for children and 7.0% providing unpaid care overall—both well below the state and national figures. Only 9.6% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is also far below the national figure of 20.7%.
7.0% —
Lower than 94% 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.
9.4% —
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.6% —
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 0.9% of the population, which is among the lowest for similar areas and a little below the Victorian and Australian figures.
0.9%
Lower than 92% 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 South Yarra - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206061515/south-yarra-north/topic/community