22.6% ▲ +24.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Allendale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Allendale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people volunteer in Allendale, showing a high level of community involvement. This spirit of helping out is matched by a strong tendency to provide unpaid care and housework at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.6% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent, with 30.8% of people caring for children and 28.9% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above state and national figures. General unpaid care is provided by 12.6% of residents, which is about the same as the national average.
12.6% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.8% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.9% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 28.9%
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 much more common here than in most similar areas. About 5.0% of residents have served, which is well above the 2.0% recorded across Victoria.
5.0%
Higher than 81% 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 Allendale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20029/allendale/topic/community