26.2% ▼ -22.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 43.2%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Broadwater · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Broadwater
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of giving defines Broadwater, where more than a quarter of the people volunteer their time. This community is far more active in unpaid work than the rest of Victoria, particularly when it comes to looking after children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.2% of people helping out. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very high at 37.7%, which is far above the state and national figures. In contrast, only 9.8% provide general unpaid care and 13.1% spend 15 or more hours on housework, both of which are well below most areas.
9.8% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.7% ▲ +44.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.1% ▼ -60.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 13.1%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the Victorian rate of 2.0% and the Australian rate of 2.8%.
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 Broadwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20347/broadwater/topic/community