11.0% ▼ -42.4%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Childers · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Childers
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Childers (Vic.) has shifted since 2011, with a particular standout in housework. While only 11% of people volunteer, which is well below the national figure, a very high proportion of residents spend significant time on unpaid domestic tasks.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and well below the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 35.4% of people do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework a week, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. In contrast, the 4.9% of people providing unpaid care is among the lowest for this level and well below the Victorian average.
4.9% ▼ -60.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% ▲ +25.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.4% ▲ +59.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
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 Childers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20549/childers/topic/community