13.6% ▼ -36.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
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.
A strikingly high number of people provide unpaid care in Ascot, with 35.3% of residents caring for children. This is well above the Victorian and national figures, highlighting a strong focus on family support within the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most areas and roughly the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Much higher than most areas, 35.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare, while 26.3% do 15 or more hours of housework—both well above the state and national figures. Unpaid care for others is also higher than most areas at 13.7%.
13.7% ▲ +20.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.3% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 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.
Defence Force service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.3% of the population having served, slightly above the Victorian average.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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/SAL20074/ascot/topic/community