17.0% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Garfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Garfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people provide unpaid childcare in Garfield, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family support is seen alongside a strong local spirit, with residents volunteering more often than people across Victoria and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 31.8% of people providing care, much higher than most other areas. This trend extends to housework, where 23.3% of people do 15 or more hours a week, which is well above the state figure.
12.4% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.8% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
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 2.7% of the community has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Garfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20966/garfield/topic/community