24.3% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Connewarre · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Connewarre
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in four people in Connewarre volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is seen across the board, with residents being much more likely than those in most other areas to provide unpaid care or help out in their local community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.3% of people giving their time. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents handle significant unpaid work, including 29.6% who care for children and another 29.6% who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well above the national average, alongside a higher-than-usual 16.0% of people providing unpaid care.
16.0% ▲ +36.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.6% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.6% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 29.6%
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 2.8% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Connewarre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20621/connewarre/topic/community