15.5% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Allambee Reserve · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Allambee Reserve
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 5% of people in Allambee Reserve have served in the Defence Force, a figure much higher than in most other areas. This local community also shows a strong tendency toward providing unpaid care and volunteering, though household chore loads are lower than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.8% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national average, 16.9% provide other unpaid care—a figure well above the 11.9% seen across Australia. Interestingly, the 18.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most areas.
16.9% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 18.3%
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.
Defence service is common here, with 4.7% of the population having served. This is a little above the 2.0% seen in Victoria and the 2.8% average for Australia.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Allambee Reserve [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20025/allambee-reserve/topic/community