21.3% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Agnes · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Agnes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Agnes, where 21.3% of people volunteer. This rate is well above the national figure and is one of the highest levels of community involvement seen in similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Giving back is common here, with volunteers making up 21.3% of the population. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and 14.1% for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid care for children and housework are far below state and national levels, 23% of people provide some form of unpaid care. This is far above the Victorian figure of 12.9% and among the highest rates for this level of area.
23.0% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.8% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.8% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 14.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 5.2% of the population. This is much higher than most other areas and well above the 2% recorded in Victoria.
5.2%
Higher than 82% 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 Agnes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20010/agnes/topic/community