16.0% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Avonsleigh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Avonsleigh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care than most similar areas define the community spirit in Avonsleigh. While volunteering is less common than in other areas, a striking 33.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare, well above the national figure of 26.3%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 16.0% of people in Avonsleigh volunteer, which is lower than most areas, though still a little above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 14.5% of people helping others and 28.5% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above the national figures. This is most visible with childcare, where 33.4% of residents provide unpaid care, far higher than the 26.3% typical for Victoria.
14.5% ▲ +23.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.4% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.5% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 28.5%
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.
About 2.8% of people have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national averages.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Avonsleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20091/avonsleigh/topic/community