14.4% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Collingwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Collingwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Collingwood compared to the rest of the state. While 14.4% of residents volunteer—a figure about the same as the national average—the area stands out for having very low rates of unpaid childcare and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.4% of people in Collingwood volunteer, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. This is about the same as the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people here perform unpaid care, with only 11.8% caring for children and 10.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework—both figures are well below the national average. Overall, 8.6% of residents provide unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
8.6% ▲ +14.0%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.8% ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.8% ▲ +14.4%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 10.8%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 0.8%. This is a little below the national figure of 2.8% and the Victorian rate of 2.0%.
0.8%
Lower than 69% 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 Collingwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20616/collingwood/topic/community