34.5% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Chocolyn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Chocolyn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of service has grown in Chocolyn, where community involvement now reaches far beyond national norms. More than a third of residents volunteer their time, and there is a notably high rate of former Defence Force members living in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Chocolyn are among the highest for similar areas, with 34.5% of people pitching in. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 12.1% of people provide unpaid childcare—far below the national figure of 26.3%—unpaid care for others is much more common here than in most areas at 15.5%.
15.5% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.1% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 22.4%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas, with 5.4% of residents having served, which is well above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
5.4%
Higher than 84% 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 Chocolyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20558/chocolyn/topic/community