29.3% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ceres · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ceres
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of community involvement define Ceres compared to most similar areas. Nearly 30% of people here volunteer, while far more residents provide unpaid care and housework than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 29.3% of people in Ceres volunteer, which is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 40.9% caring for children and 35.4% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly—both figures far above the national average. This is consistent with 14.1% of residents providing unpaid care, which is a little above the 11.9% figure for Australia.
14.1% ▲ +26.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.9% ▲ +32.8%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.4% ▲ +52.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 35.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.0% of the population, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Ceres [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20527/ceres/topic/community