14.2% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greensborough · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Greensborough
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have volunteered in Greensborough since 2011, but the number of residents providing unpaid care has risen. While 14.2% of the community now volunteers, a striking 31.1% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering sits at 14.2%, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. This is a drop from 2011, when 17.5% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is very common here, with 31.1% of people caring for children unpaid, a rate well above the Australian average. This is alongside a high 23.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 14.9% providing other unpaid care, which is among the highest levels for similar areas.
14.9% ▲ +21.2%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.1% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
About 3.1% of the community has served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Greensborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209011197/greensborough/topic/community