19.5% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Airly · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Airly
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Airly volunteer, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. This high level of community spirit stands out in an area where other forms of unpaid work are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.5% of residents volunteer, which is 6.2 percentage points higher than the Victorian figure and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here compared to the national figure, with only 18.0% doing so. Around 12.5% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
12.5% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.0% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 20.3%
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.
About 2.3% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a rate that is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the Victoria average.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Airly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20014/airly/topic/community