13.3% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Strathmore · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Strathmore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Strathmore provide unpaid child care, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This reflects a community where unpaid care and household work are very common. While many residents support their families, formal volunteering has seen a decline over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.3% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia. However, this is lower than most similar areas and has fallen 4.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is very common here, with 17.2% of people doing so—among the highest rates for similar areas. This is consistent with 30.6% of residents caring for children unpaid and 22.6% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, both of which are above national levels.
17.2% ▲ +27.5%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.6% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 22.6%
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.
Only 1.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 80% 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 Strathmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/210011231/strathmore/topic/community