7.4% ▼ -20.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cranbourne West · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cranbourne West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Cranbourne West volunteer their time, with only 7.4% doing so. This is well below the national figure and one of the lowest rates for similar areas. While volunteering is low, the community is heavily focused on family, with a very high number of people providing unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.4% of people volunteer, which is well below the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the own national figure of 14.1%. This is among the lowest levels of volunteering seen in similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A huge 36.6% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the 26.3% seen across Australia and Victoria. In contrast, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (18.1%) and those providing other unpaid care (10.3%) are both lower than most areas.
10.3% ▲ +10.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.6% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.1% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 18.1%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most other areas. Only 1.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20666/cranbourne-west/topic/community