8.5% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ancona · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ancona
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people spend a lot of time on housework in Ancona than in most other similar areas. While only 8.5% of residents volunteer, there is a notably strong history of military service here, with 7.5% of people having served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates are among the lowest for this level of area, at 8.5%. This is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common here, with 39% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. In contrast, those providing other unpaid care are much lower than most areas at 9.8%, while child care at 25.6% is about the same as the rest of Australia.
9.8% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.0% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 39.0%
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.
Military service is very high in Ancona, where 7.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2% seen across Victoria and the 2.8% national average.
7.5%
Higher than 90% 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 Ancona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20043/ancona/topic/community