37.1% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.6%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Elevated Plains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Elevated Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Elevated Plains volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This community is highly active in unpaid work and care, though very few residents have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 37.1% of people here volunteer, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 20% of people providing care and 45.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well above the national average. In contrast, only 8.6% care for children unpaid, which is far below the 26.3% figure for Victoria.
20.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.6% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
45.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 45.7%
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, a rate that is a little below the 2.8% national figure.
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 Elevated Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20853/elevated-plains/topic/community