16.0% ▼ -23.6%
Higher than 63% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Melbourne - Inner East · Region (SA4)
Community Participation in Melbourne - Inner East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher rate of volunteering sets Melbourne - Inner East apart from the national average. While 16% of the community give their time to others, this is more than the 14.1% seen across Australia. The area also sees a significant number of people providing unpaid care compared to other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most areas, with 16% of people pitching in. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3%, though it has fallen by 4.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, rising to 13.7% since 2011. Meanwhile, those caring for children unpaid (25.8%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (20.8%) are both about the same as the national figures.
13.7% ▲ +17.6%
Higher than 88% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 50% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 52% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 20.8%
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 the area have served in the Defence Force, at just 1.5%. This is much lower than most areas and sits a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 88% of region (sa4) 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 Melbourne - Inner East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/207/melbourne-inner-east/topic/community