13.9% ▼ -20.3%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Plenty - Yarrambat · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Plenty - Yarrambat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Plenty - Yarrambat provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is well above the Victorian and national averages. This high level of family care is a key feature of the area, alongside a strong tendency for residents to take on unpaid housework and caregiving roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of residents volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the state and national figures. This is a drop from 2011, when 17.4% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 23.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a rate well above the state average. Additionally, 14.4% provide unpaid care, which is much higher than most areas and rose from 11.5% in 2011.
14.4% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.9% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
Defence Force veterans make up 2.5% of the population, which is lower than most similar areas. This is about the same as the 2% to 2.8% seen across Victoria and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 60% 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 Plenty - Yarrambat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209031213/plenty-yarrambat/topic/community