8.6% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Altona Meadows · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Altona Meadows
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well below the national average for volunteering is Altona Meadows, where only 8.6% of people give their time to a cause. This low level of formal community work stands in contrast to higher-than-average rates of unpaid care provided within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.6% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.5% of people providing care—a figure a little above the national average. This is seen alongside 25% of people caring for children unpaid, which is around the middle for its level.
14.5% ▲ +33.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 less common than in most areas, with 1.7% of the population having served in the Defence Force, a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 61% 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 Altona Meadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20036/altona-meadows/topic/community