11.8% ▼ -32.8%
Lower than 77% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cardinia · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Cardinia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Cardinia provide unpaid childcare than in most other similar areas. While the region sees very high rates of family care, overall volunteering has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen 5.8 percentage points since 2011 to 11.8%. This is now much lower than most areas and sits a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
At 32.6%, the share of people caring for children unpaid is among the highest at this level and well above the Victorian average. Meanwhile, 12.4% of people provide unpaid care, a figure that has rose 1.4 percentage points since 2011.
12.4% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.6% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 54% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 21.5%
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.
A small minority of the population has served in the Defence Force, at 1.9%. This is much lower than most areas, though it is about the same as the Victorian rate of 2.0%.
1.9%
Lower than 79% 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 Cardinia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21201/cardinia/topic/community