17.3% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
East Geelong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in East Geelong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 17% of people in East Geelong volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This level of community involvement is a standout feature for the area, where residents are more likely to give their time to others than those in the wider state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.3% of people helping out, which is 4.0 percentage points higher than the Victorian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more common than in most areas, with 14.7% of people providing support. Around 26.4% look after children without pay, a rate almost identical to the national figure.
14.7% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.4% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 21.5%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 1.9% of the population having that experience, which is about the same as the state average.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 East Geelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20829/east-geelong/topic/community