13.2% ▼ -21.9%
Lower than 69% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Knox · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Knox
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher-than-usual share of people provide unpaid care in Knox, reflecting a community focused on family and support. While 27.8% of residents care for children without pay, other forms of community contribution like volunteering have seen a decline over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped to 13.2%, a fall of 3.7 percentage points since 2011. This is lower than most areas, though it remains about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 13.3% of people helping others, a figure that has risen since 2011. This is alongside a high rate of childcare, as 27.8% of residents provide unpaid care for children.
13.3% ▲ +22.6%
Higher than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 67% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
Very few people in Knox have served in the Defence Force. At 1.9%, this is much lower than most other areas and slightly below the state and national figures.
1.9%
Lower than 80% 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 Knox [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21101/knox/topic/community