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Aintree · Suburb / Locality

Community Participation in Aintree

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

Low volunteer rates have become a defining feature of Aintree since 2011. Only 6.5% of residents volunteer their time, which is well below the national figure. However, a very high proportion of the community is heavily involved in unpaid family support.

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Where Aintree sits — Volunteers

6.5% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Aintree — lower than 93% of areas.

Aintree6.5%
3336, VIC 6.4%
Victoria 13.3%
Australia 14.1%

Participation

Volunteering for organisations and groups.

Only 6.5% of people in Aintree volunteer, a figure that is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the 14.1% national average.

Volunteers

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6.5% —

Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.

Unpaid care & work

Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.

Unpaid child care is very common here, with 44.8% of people providing this support, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, the 9.6% of people providing other types of unpaid care is much lower than most areas.

Defence service

People who served in the Australian Defence Force.

Very few residents have a military background, with just 0.3% having served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.

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 Aintree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20011/aintree/topic/community