16.4% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Armadale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Armadale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Around the middle for its level compared to similar areas, Armadale (Vic.) shows a strong tendency toward volunteering. While 16.4% of residents give their time to a cause, the area sees much lower rates of unpaid housework and childcare than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Armadale are 16.4%, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and a little above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 21.4% of people provide unpaid childcare and 16.5% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the national figures. However, 12.7% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
12.7% ▲ +32.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.5% ▲ +9.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 16.5%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 1.6% of the population, a figure that is lower than most areas and a little below the 2.8% national average.
1.6%
Lower than 63% 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 Armadale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20066/armadale/topic/community