22.4% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Amherst · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Amherst
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher levels of community involvement mark Amherst than in most similar areas. Over 22% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of giving extends to caregiving, though very few people here have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.4% of people pitching in. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 17.2% of residents providing support, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. Meanwhile, 25.9% of people care for children unpaid, a rate about the same as the rest of Australia.
17.2% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most other areas and sits a little below the 2.8% national average.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Amherst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20039/amherst/topic/community