12.3% ▼ -52.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alma · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Alma
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Alma has shifted over the last decade, though current levels of unpaid work remain high. While only 12.3% of people volunteer, a significant number of residents spend a large amount of time on home and care duties. This creates a pattern where private support roles are more common than formal community volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.3% of people in Alma volunteer, which is much lower than in most similar areas. This is a little below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework and care are common here, with 29.0% of people doing at least 15 hours of unpaid chores weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend carries over to general care, as 15.4% of residents provide unpaid care, which is much higher than most areas.
15.4% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.0% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.0% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 29.0%
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 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for similar areas and a little above the Victorian average of 2.0%.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Alma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20031/alma/topic/community