8.6% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Altona Meadows · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Altona Meadows
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower volunteering rates than most similar areas define Altona Meadows, where only 8.6% of people give their time to a cause. While local charity work has declined, a higher-than-average number of residents are providing unpaid care to others in their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.6% of people volunteer here, which is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%. This level of community involvement has fallen by 1.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A little above the national figure, 14.5% of people provide unpaid care, a rate that rose 3.6 percentage points since 2011. Meanwhile, 25.0% of residents care for children unpaid, and 19.4% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
14.5% ▲ +33.4%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 1.7% of the population, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 78% 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 Altona Meadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213021342/altona-meadows/topic/community