13.0% ▼ -42.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Garfield North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Garfield North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of residents in Garfield North do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. This high level of home-based work defines community participation here, despite a lower-than-average rate of formal volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13% of people volunteer here, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 14% of people providing care and 25% doing significant housework, which is well above the Victorian figure. However, the 20.5% who care for children unpaid is well below both the state and national figures of 26.3%.
14.0% ▼ -24.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% ▼ -40.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▼ -18.6%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 25.0%
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 2.5% of people in Garfield North have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2% seen across Victoria.
2.5%
Lower 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 Garfield North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20967/garfield-north/topic/community