12.6% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Argyle · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Argyle
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Five per cent of people in Argyle have served in the Defence Force, a rate much higher than most other similar areas. While volunteering is less common here, there is a strong trend of residents taking on unpaid care and housework roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 12.6% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.3% of people providing care and 27.7% doing over 15 hours of housework, both figures well above the national average. In contrast, the 13.9% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Victorian rate of 26.3%.
14.3% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.9% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.7% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 27.7%
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.
The presence of former service members is high in Argyle, with 5.6% of the population having served in the Defence Force, well above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Argyle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20065/argyle/topic/community