28.1% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cape Otway · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cape Otway
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Cape Otway compared to the rest of the state. About 28.1% of residents give their time to help others, which is more than double the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are much higher here than in most areas, sitting at 28.1%, which is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare than the national figure of 26.3%, a much higher 34.4% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. Those providing other unpaid care make up 12.5% of the population, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
12.5% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.6% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.4% —
Higher than 88% 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 national 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 Cape Otway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20472/cape-otway/topic/community