14.3% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Basalt · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Basalt
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people perform unpaid work in Basalt than in most other similar areas. A huge 38.1% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most areas but about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here; 28.6% provide unpaid care and 38.1% do 15 or more hours of housework a week, both of which are far above the state and national levels.
28.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.1% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
38.1% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Basalt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20163/basalt/topic/community