14.1% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Golden Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Golden Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people provide unpaid care in Golden Point, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas. This community is marked by a high level of unpaid domestic work and caregiving, though volunteering remains at a typical level.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of residents volunteer their time, which is about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 29.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. While 19.6% provide some form of unpaid care, the 16.3% who care for children is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
19.6% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.3% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.3% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 29.3%
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 rates 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 Golden Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21057/golden-point/topic/community