21.8% ▼ -11.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Avenel · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Avenel
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Avenel volunteer, a rate well above both the state and national figures. This strong local involvement is mirrored in high levels of unpaid care and a notable history of military service. It is a community where residents contribute significant time to helping others and their town.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21.8% of people pitching in. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent, with 26.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This sits alongside a higher-than-average 15.1% of residents providing unpaid care, while child care levels are about the same as the rest of the country.
15.1% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 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.
A much higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.9%, this is a little above the 2.0% seen in Victoria and the 2.8% national rate.
4.9%
Higher than 80% 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 Avenel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20086/avenel/topic/community