9.8% ▼ -35.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cranbourne South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cranbourne South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking gap in community involvement marks Cranbourne South, where only 9.8% of people volunteer. This is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%. While formal volunteering is low, there is a very high rate of unpaid childcare within the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.8% of residents volunteer their time, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 30.4% of people providing care—well above the 26.3% seen across Victoria and Australia. Meanwhile, 12.2% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure.
12.2% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 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.
About 2.0% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a rate that is lower than most areas but about the same as the Victorian average.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Cranbourne South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20665/cranbourne-south/topic/community