5.5% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Grangefields · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Grangefields
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Grangefields than in most similar areas, with only 5.5% of residents doing so. This low level of community volunteering sits alongside a high rate of unpaid care and housework within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.5% of people volunteer here, which is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%. This is among the lowest levels of volunteering seen in similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in Grangefields, where 18.2% of people provide unpaid care, well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is reflected in the home, with 26.4% of residents doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the Victorian average.
18.2% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.4% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
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, a figure that is lower than most similar areas and a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
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 Grangefields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21087/grangefields/topic/community