14.7% ▼ -18.5%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Highett (West) - Cheltenham · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Highett (West) - Cheltenham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 31.5% of people in Highett (West) - Cheltenham provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This highlight suggests a community with a high number of families. Other forms of community contribution, such as volunteering and defence service, are more typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is around the middle for similar areas, with 14.7% of residents giving their time. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3%, though the rate has fallen 3.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area has a high rate of unpaid care, with 13.6% of people helping out, up 2.0 percentage points since 2011. This is driven largely by childcare, which is much higher than most areas at 31.5%.
13.6% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.5% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 20.6%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force, at just 1.8%. This is much lower than most other similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.8%
Lower than 77% 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 Highett (West) - Cheltenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/208011171/highett-cheltenham/topic/community