23.4% ▼ -23.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Arthurs Seat · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Arthurs Seat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost a quarter of people in Arthurs Seat volunteer, a figure far above the state and national averages. This high level of community involvement is mirrored in the home, where residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care and housework than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.4% of the population volunteers, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and far above Victoria's 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 31.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with other care roles, as 34.4% look after children unpaid and 18.1% provide other unpaid care, both of which are much higher than in most areas.
18.1% ▲ +62.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.4% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.2% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 31.2%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most similar areas, with 2.1% of people having served, which is about the same as the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
2.1%
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 Arthurs Seat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20072/arthurs-seat/topic/community