21.7% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
East Melbourne · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in East Melbourne
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in East Melbourne volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands out in an area where typical residents spend much less time on unpaid childcare and housework than those in other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.7% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most areas and well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 14.3% of people provide unpaid childcare, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (14.9%) are well below the Victorian figure, though overall unpaid care is about the same as the rest of the country.
12.2% ▲ +39.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.3% ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.9% ▲ +29.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 14.9%
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.
Around 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.0% 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 East Melbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20830/east-melbourne/topic/community