21.4% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Flynn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Flynn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people volunteer in Flynn compared to the rest of the state. About 21.4% of residents give their time to others, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. This spirit of contribution is a standout feature of the local community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.4% of people pitching in, a figure well above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 22.1% of people provide unpaid childcare—well below the national figure of 26.3%—unpaid housework is far more common. About 33.1% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the 20.1% seen in Victoria.
14.3% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.1% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.1% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 33.1%
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 reported serving in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% national average.
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 Flynn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20933/flynn/topic/community