22.0% ▼ -32.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Casterton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Casterton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well over a fifth of people in Casterton volunteer, a figure far higher than the national average. This strong level of community contribution defines the area's social landscape. While many residents give their time to others, the town has a much lower rate of people caring for children compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22% of people helping out. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is far below the national average at 16.2%. Meanwhile, 13.4% of people provide some form of unpaid care, and those doing 15 or more hours of housework per week sit a little above the national figure.
13.4% ▲ +41.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.2% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 23.5%
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.
Service to the country is more common here than in most similar areas. About 3.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Victorian rate of 2%.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Casterton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20513/casterton/topic/community