18.3% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ashburton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Ashburton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Ashburton have volunteered their time since 2011, though the area remains very active. While volunteering rates fell by 5.8 percentage points over the decade, 18.3% of residents still give their time to the community, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The 18.3% who volunteer in Ashburton is much higher than most areas, sitting well above both the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the Australian rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is common here, with 30.2% of people providing unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is alongside a high rate of people providing other unpaid care (14.9%) and 22.5% who do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework weekly.
14.9% ▲ +19.1%
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 22.5%
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.
Only 1.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is much lower than most areas and about the same as the Victorian average of 2.0%.
1.9%
Lower than 74% 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 Ashburton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207011146/ashburton/topic/community