21.2% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Heathcote - Castlemaine - Kyneton · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Heathcote - Castlemaine - Kyneton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have dropped by 5.5 percentage points since 2011 in Heathcote - Castlemaine - Kyneton, though they remain very high. About 21.2% of people still volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This reflects a strong local habit of giving time to others despite the recent decline.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than one in five people here volunteer, a figure that is much higher than most other areas. While this is well above the 14.1% national average, it has fallen from 26.7% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high number of residents take on unpaid work, with 27.5% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, well above the 20.7% national figure. Unpaid care for others has also risen to 14.7%, while child care at 26.2% is about the same as the state average.
14.7% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 97% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 27.5%
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 3.2% of the population. This is higher than most other areas and a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
3.2%
Higher than 60% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Heathcote - Castlemaine - Kyneton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20202/heathcote-castlemaine-kyneton/topic/community