21.2% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Castella · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Castella
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 21% of people in Castella volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is seen across the area, with many residents providing unpaid care and a strong number of former defence force members living here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.2% of residents helping out, a figure well above both Victoria's 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much more common than in most areas, with 17.1% of people providing care and 26.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Meanwhile, 24.0% of residents care for children unpaid, which is a little below the national figure of 26.3%.
17.1% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▼ -20.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 26.3%
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.
A much higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 6.0% of residents having served, well above the 2.8% national figure.
6.0%
Higher than 87% 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 Castella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20512/castella/topic/community