29.0% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Anglesea · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Anglesea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Anglesea volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature of the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29% of residents pitching in. This is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people do significant unpaid housework here than in most areas, at 26.7%. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%, while 14.1% provide other unpaid care, which is a little above the Australian average.
14.1% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 26.7%
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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 2.8% figure for Australia and the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Anglesea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20046/anglesea/topic/community