24.6% ▼ -15.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Apollo Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Apollo Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Apollo Bay volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands out as the defining feature of the area's social participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 24.6%, the proportion of volunteers is much higher than most areas and far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the share of people caring for children is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%, more residents do a lot of housework, with 26.4% spending 15 or more hours a week on it.
12.1% ▲ +14.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.6% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.4% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 26.4%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.0% of the population, which is about the same as the Victorian average.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Apollo Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20049/apollo-bay/topic/community