14.7% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
East Sale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in East Sale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than nine out of ten people in East Sale have served in the Defence Force, making it one of the most military-connected areas in the country. This heavy service presence defines the community, though levels of unpaid care and housework are much lower than usual. Around 14.7% of residents volunteer their time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and about the same as the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon here, with only 2% of people providing care and 7.4% looking after children unpaid. Both figures are far below the national average of 26.3%.
2.0% ▼ -71.1%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
7.4% ▼ -57.9%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
4.4% ▼ -50.5%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 massive 90.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is far above both the Victorian and Australian averages of around 2% to 3%.
90.3%
Higher 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 East Sale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20831/east-sale/topic/community