13.3% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cathkin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cathkin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Cathkin provide unpaid care compared to the rest of the state. While about 13.3% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures, other forms of community and family support are much lower than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.3% of people here volunteer, a figure that is lower than most similar areas but remains about the same as the Victorian and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon here, with 0% of people providing unpaid care and only 10% caring for children or doing significant housework. These figures are all far below the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.0% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.0% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
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, which is a little below the rates seen across Victoria and Australia.
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 Cathkin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20519/cathkin/topic/community