22.4% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Driffield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Driffield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving back to the community is a major part of daily life in Driffield, where 22.4% of residents volunteer. This rate is well above the Victorian and national figures, reflecting a strong local commitment to helping others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than one in five people volunteer here, a figure that is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 27.6% of people providing unpaid care, which is far above the national figure of 11.9%. This is consistent with 36.8% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a rate far above the Victorian average.
27.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.8% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 36.8%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
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 Driffield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20786/driffield/topic/community