8.3% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Chapple Vale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Chapple Vale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people engage in unpaid work and volunteering in Chapple Vale compared to the rest of the state. Only 8.3% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%. This trend of low participation extends across both community service and home care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Chapple Vale are among the lowest for similar areas, at just 8.3%. This is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 8.3% of people providing general unpaid care. This is well below the 12.9% seen across Victoria, while only 16.7% care for children unpaid.
8.3% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.7% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
8.3% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 8.3%
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.
No one in Chapple Vale has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the 2.8% national figure.
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 Chapple Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20531/chapple-vale/topic/community