14.8% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stonnington - West · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Stonnington - West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering has fallen by 3.5 percentage points since 2011 in Stonnington - West, where 14.8% of people now give their time to others. This reflects a broader local shift in how people spend their spare time, though the area still sees far fewer people providing unpaid care and housework than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14.8% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the national figure and a little above the Victoria rate of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas. Only 15.3% of people care for children unpaid, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia, and just 13.4% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
10.5% ▲ +18.1%
Lower than 77% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.3% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 95% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.4% ▲ +6.1%
Lower than 93% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.4%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 1.4% of the population having served, which is much lower than most similar areas.
1.4%
Lower than 90% 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 Stonnington - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20606/stonnington-west/topic/community