26.0% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Crossley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Crossley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in four people in Crossley volunteer their time, creating a community with very high levels of local involvement. This spirit of contribution is seen in the high number of residents who take on unpaid roles compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than elsewhere, with 26% of people helping out. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is much more common here than in most areas, with 31.3% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 13% of people provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the state average.
13.0% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -31.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.3% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 31.3%
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.
Defence Force service is around the middle for its level, with 2.1% of the population having served. This is about the same as the 2% seen across Victoria.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Crossley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20678/crossley/topic/community