0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Anderson · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Anderson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost no one in Anderson volunteers, making it one of the least active areas for community work. While volunteering is very low, a higher than usual number of people provide unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest at this level, with 0.0% of people helping out. This is far below the Victoria figure of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here do unpaid work than in most areas, with 30.0% spending 15 or more hours on housework and 15.0% providing unpaid care. This contrasts with only 20.0% caring for children unpaid, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
15.0% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 30.0%
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.
Defence service is lower than most areas, with 0.0% of the population having served. This is a little below the Victoria rate of 2.0% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
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 Anderson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20044/anderson/topic/community