15.1% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Abbotsford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Abbotsford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people perform unpaid care and housework in Abbotsford than in most similar areas. While 15.1% of residents volunteer, the community is marked by very low rates of unpaid domestic work and childcare compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.1% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most areas but a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than usual here, with only 9.2% of people providing unpaid care. This is seen in the low number of people doing 15 or more hours of housework (12.1%) and those caring for children unpaid (14.5%), both of which are far below the national average of 26.3%.
9.2% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.5% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.1% ▲ +12.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 12.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.1% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality 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 Abbotsford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20002/abbotsford/topic/community