9.5% —
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Keilor East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Keilor East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A significant gap in volunteering defines Keilor East, where only 9.5% of people give their time to causes. This is well below the national figure, though the area shows a higher-than-average tendency for residents to provide unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 9.5% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area is among the highest for people providing unpaid care, with 16.1% doing so, well above the national figure of 11.9%. This sits alongside 27% of people caring for children and 21% doing over 15 hours of housework, both of which are about the same as the state and national averages.
16.1% —
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% —
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% —
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.7% of the population, which is much lower than most similar areas.
1.7%
Lower than 79% 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 Keilor East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/210011534/keilor-east/topic/community