12.9% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Chelsea · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Chelsea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A small gap in volunteer rates marks the community profile of Chelsea, where 12.9% of people give their time to others. While this is slightly lower than the national figure, the area remains typical of Victoria in most other forms of community and family support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.9% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This rate is about the same as the Victorian figure of 13.3% and a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.4% of people providing support and 26.9% caring for children, both of which are around the middle for similar areas. However, the 18.9% of people doing over 15 hours of housework is much lower than most other places.
13.4% ▲ +23.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 18.9%
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.
About 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for its level and about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Chelsea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20537/chelsea/topic/community