26.9% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ashbourne · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ashbourne
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in four residents in Ashbourne volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This is a community where people contribute significantly to unpaid work, both through volunteering and caring for others at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 26.9% of people volunteer here, which is much higher than most areas and far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 32.1% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework and 32.1% caring for children, both figures being far above the national average. Meanwhile, the 12.4% of people providing unpaid care is about the same as the Victorian average.
12.4% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.1% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.1% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 32.1%
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 veterans make up 2.6% of the population, a figure that is about the same as the 2.8% national average.
2.6%
Higher than 50% 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 Ashbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20076/ashbourne/topic/community