16.9% ▼ -23.1%
Higher than 67% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nillumbik - Kinglake · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Nillumbik - Kinglake
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people in Nillumbik - Kinglake provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This area sees high levels of community contribution through unpaid work and volunteering, though some of these trends have shifted over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.9% of residents volunteer, which is higher than most areas and well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria. This is a drop from 2011, when 21.9% of people volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 15.7% of people providing care for others, a figure that has risen since 2011. This high level of care extends to the home, where 25.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%.
15.7% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.4% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 25.4%
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, at 2.3%. This is lower than most areas and is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 71% 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 Nillumbik - Kinglake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20903/nillumbik-kinglake/topic/community