12.1% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cherokee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cherokee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A shift in how residents contribute to their community is evident in Cherokee, where unpaid domestic work now stands far above national levels. While traditional volunteering is less common here, a significant number of people spend their time supporting family and home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.1% of people in Cherokee volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Domestic duties are a major part of life here, with 32.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with a higher than usual 27.6% of residents who provide unpaid childcare.
12.1% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.8% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 32.8%
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 Cherokee has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and a little below the Victorian average of 2.0%.
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 Cherokee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20541/cherokee/topic/community