15.2% ▼ -51.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Flowerdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Flowerdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Flowerdale generally sees lower levels of community and home-based activity than most similar areas. While 15.2% of people volunteer, the number of residents providing unpaid childcare is well below the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates are lower than in most similar areas, though at 15.2% they remain a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is a standout gap, with 22.5% of people providing care, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. However, those providing general unpaid care are around the middle for similar areas at 13%.
13.0% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 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.
About 2.8% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian average.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Flowerdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20932/flowerdale/topic/community