13.3% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glen Huntly · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glen Huntly
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 13.3% of people in Glen Huntly volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This low level of community activity is mirrored in care work, where the local figures for unpaid help and housework are well below the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates sit at 13.3%, a figure that is much lower than most other areas and about the same as the Victorian and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care responsibilities are less common here than elsewhere, with only 21% of people providing unpaid childcare and 9.6% providing general unpaid care, both of which are well below the state average. Similarly, the 15.4% who do 15 or more hours of housework is well below the national figure.
9.6% ▲ +8.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.0% ▲ +14.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.4% ▲ +9.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
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.
The proportion of residents who served in the Defence Force is 0.8%, which is lower than most areas and a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
0.8%
Lower than 69% 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 Huntly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21009/glen-huntly/topic/community