19.2% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Albert Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Albert Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Albert Park volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This reflects a high level of community involvement across the suburb. Local residents are also more likely to provide unpaid care than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 19.2% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well above both the Victorian (13.3%) and Australian (14.1%) rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.5% of people providing care and 28.1% looking after children, both of which are higher than in most areas. Meanwhile, the 19.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most other suburbs.
15.5% ▲ +50.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.1% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% ▲ +17.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 19.6%
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 1.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Albert Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20018/albert-park/topic/community