19.9% ▼ -24.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Avoca · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Avoca
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the state and national figures, 19.9% of people in Avoca volunteer their time. This high level of community spirit is a defining feature of the town. It is also a place where residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care to others than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.9% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16.1% of people providing such support, well above the national figure of 11.9%. This includes 25% who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, though the 20.5% who care for children unpaid is well below the national average.
16.1% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▼ -19.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 25.0%
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 higher proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.9% of residents having served, which is a little above the 2.8% national figure.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Avoca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20087/avoca/topic/community