20.4% ▼ -28.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Congupna · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Congupna
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Congupna contribute to their community than in most similar areas. A striking 20.4% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This spirit of helping others extends to both formal volunteering and unpaid care within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 20.4% of people helping out, a figure well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of local life, as 15.6% of residents provide unpaid care. This is much higher than most areas, and is reflected in the 26.3% who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
15.6% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 26.3%
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 2.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.0% recorded for Victoria.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Congupna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20620/congupna/topic/community