16.9% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glen Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glen Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people spend their time on housework in Glen Park than in most other areas. While 34.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, the area also has a strong volunteering spirit.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.9% of people volunteer their time, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and a little above the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A very high 34.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure far above the national average. However, only 6.7% provide unpaid care, which is well below both the state and national levels.
6.7% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.4%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.8% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 34.8%
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 Victorian and Australian figures.
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 Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21011/glen-park/topic/community