17.7% ▼ -36.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Amphitheatre · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Amphitheatre
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving back to others is common in Amphitheatre, where 17.7% of people volunteer their time. This rate is well above the national figure of 14.1%, showing a strong community spirit in daily life here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Local volunteering is high, with 17.7% of residents helping out, which is well above both the Victorian average of 13.3% and the Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common, with 32.5% of people doing over 15 hours a week, far above the 20.7% national average. This contrasts with child care, as only 16.7% of people provide unpaid care for children, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
12.8% ▼ -27.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.7% ▼ -40.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.5% ▲ +25.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 32.5%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.4%, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Amphitheatre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20041/amphitheatre/topic/community