18.9% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cambrian Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cambrian Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 41% of people in Cambrian Hill provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This community shows a strong commitment to supporting others, with high rates of childcare and volunteering. These trends reflect a local culture centered on family and community support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.9% of residents giving their time. This 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.
Providing unpaid care for children is very common, with 41% of people doing so, which is far above the 26.3% state and national figures. Other care roles are also higher than most areas, including 14.7% providing general unpaid care and 22.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework.
14.7% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
41.0% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 39.0%
- 2021: 41.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 22.6%
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 2.3% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.0% in Victoria and the 2.8% national average.
2.3%
Lower than 55% 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 Cambrian Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20454/cambrian-hill/topic/community