28.9% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ascot · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ascot
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Ascot volunteer, a figure far above the national average and much higher than most similar areas. This high level of community involvement is a defining feature of the area, where residents are more likely to provide unpaid care and support than those in other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.9% of residents giving their time. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is high in Ascot, where 19.7% of people provide care and 26.3% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well above national figures. However, the 22.4% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
19.7% ▲ +36.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 26.3%
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 a little below the 2.8% national average.
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 Ascot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20073/ascot/topic/community