11.8% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.0%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Appin South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Appin South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Appin South provide unpaid care, with 0% of residents doing so. This is far below the figures for Victoria and the rest of Australia, marking the most striking feature of community participation in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 11.8% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This is a little below both the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here than elsewhere, with only 14.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework a week. This is well below the national figure, as are the 20.6% who provide unpaid childcare.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.6% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.7% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 14.7%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
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 Appin South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20051/appin-south/topic/community