17.3% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glen Forbes · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glen Forbes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 17% of people in Glen Forbes volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This community shows high levels of unpaid help and housework, though very few residents provide unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.3% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 30% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly and 15.5% providing unpaid care, both of which are well above the national figures. In contrast, the 8.2% who provide unpaid childcare is far below the 26.3% average for Australia.
15.5% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.2% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 30.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2% to 2.8% seen across Victoria and Australia.
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 Glen Forbes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21008/glen-forbes/topic/community