8.2% ▼ -14.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Albion · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Albion
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Albion spend their spare time on unpaid work or volunteering compared to other areas. Only 8.2% of the population volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This suggests a community where residents have less time or fewer opportunities to engage in unpaid community support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is quite low here, with only 8.2% of people participating. This is well below the 13.3% seen across Victoria and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care and housework are much lower than most areas. Only 18.3% of people provide unpaid childcare and 15.3% do over 15 hours of housework, both of which are well below the national figures.
9.3% ▲ +7.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.3% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.3% ▼ -0.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 15.3%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.3%. This is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.3%
Lower than 64% 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 Albion [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20021/albion/topic/community