18.9% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alvie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Alvie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 5.3% of people in Alvie have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than in most other areas. This community is also more active in volunteering than the state and national averages. It is a place where people contribute significant time to both formal service and home life.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.9% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.6% provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of the country, far fewer people here care for children unpaid compared to the national figure. However, more people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework than in most of Victoria.
12.6% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 25.2%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 5.3% of the population, a figure that is well above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Alvie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20038/alvie/topic/community