24.6% ▼ -26.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cudgee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cudgee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Cudgee pitch in with unpaid work than in the rest of Victoria. Nearly a quarter of the population volunteers, and almost 40% provide unpaid childcare, showing a community with very high levels of local support and care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 24.6% of people helping out. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, as 39.7% care for children and 31.9% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly. Both figures are far above the national average. Around 13.8% of people also provide other unpaid care, which is a little above the Australian figure.
13.8% ▲ +37.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.7% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.5%
- 2016: 44.9%
- 2021: 39.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.9% ▼ -14.2%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.2%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 31.9%
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 in Cudgee than in most areas, with 1.7% of people having served. This is about the same as the Victorian rate of 2.0% and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 61% 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 Cudgee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20687/cudgee/topic/community