29.9% ▼ -33.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.1%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Charlton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Charlton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Charlton volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement defines the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time than people in most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 29.9% of residents volunteer, which is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national figure. This level of participation is much higher than in most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16.1% of people providing care, well above the national figure of 11.9%. While 25.7% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above the state average, only 18.2% care for children unpaid, a figure well below the national rate of 26.3%.
16.1% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.2% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 25.7%
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.
Defence service is common in Charlton, with 2.8% of people having served. This is about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Charlton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20535/charlton/topic/community