19.0% ▼ -33.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alberton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Alberton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
High levels of unpaid work and volunteering define the social spirit of Alberton. Nearly one in five residents give their time to volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This community spirit is most evident in the high proportion of people managing housework and unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.0% of people helping out. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in Alberton; 30.2% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is far above the state average. This is alongside a high rate of unpaid care, with 15.7% of residents providing care, well above the national figure of 11.9%.
15.7% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▲ +28.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.2% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 30.2%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.2%. This is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.2%
Lower than 65% 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 Alberton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20019/alberton/topic/community