5.7% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St Albans - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in St Albans - South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 5.7% of people in St Albans - South volunteer, which is well below the national figure. This low level of community involvement is mirrored in unpaid care and housework, where the area sits among the lowest for similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in St Albans - South are well below the Victorian figure of 13.3% and have fallen by 1.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much less common here than in other areas. Only 18.3% of people provide unpaid childcare and 13.7% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, both of which are well below the national figures.
10.0% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.3% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.7% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 13.7%
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 service is rare in the area, with only 0.5% of residents having served, which is a little below the 2.8% national figure.
0.5%
Lower than 99% 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 St Albans - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213011335/st-albans-south/topic/community