13.5% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Craigie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Craigie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Craigie engage in unpaid care and community work compared to most similar areas. While volunteering is common, the local rates of unpaid caregiving and housework are notably low.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of people here volunteer, a figure that is lower than most areas but roughly the same as the Victorian and national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in other areas, with only 7.7% of people providing care. This is well below the 11.9% national figure, and far fewer people provide unpaid childcare or do significant housework.
7.7% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.3% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 17.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures and lower than most similar areas.
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 Craigie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20660/craigie/topic/community