13.3% ▼ -30.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Golden Square · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Golden Square
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Golden Square has remained steady over the last decade. Local participation figures generally align with state and national trends, though a higher proportion of residents provide unpaid care compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.3% of people in Golden Square volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and roughly the same as the Victorian and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare, 13.8% provide other forms of unpaid care, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure. Meanwhile, 20.6% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, a rate lower than most areas.
13.8% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 20.6%
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.
Around 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the state average and about the same as the figure for Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 57% 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 Square [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21058/golden-square/topic/community