16.4% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Grahamvale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Grahamvale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure for unpaid care, Grahamvale is a place where many residents give their time to others. This is seen in the high number of people providing care for family or friends and a strong rate of volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.4% of people in Grahamvale volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and a little above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 16.6% of residents providing care—well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is seen alongside a higher-than-usual 28.3% of people caring for children unpaid.
16.6% ▲ +49.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 22.4%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.8% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Grahamvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21084/grahamvale/topic/community