25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Crowlands · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Crowlands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of the people in Crowlands now volunteer, a figure that has grown since 2011. This community is far more active in volunteering than the typical Australian town. While few residents have served in the military, many provide unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are very high in Crowlands, with 25.0% of people giving their time. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 23.4% of people providing support, which is far above the national figure of 11.9%. However, this is not driven by childcare or housework, as both of these are well below the state and national averages.
23.4% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.3% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.1% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 14.1%
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.
No one in Crowlands has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the 2.0% seen in Victoria and the 2.8% national average.
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 Crowlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20680/crowlands/topic/community