35.1% ▼ -19.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.4%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Grassdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Grassdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 35% of people in Grassdale volunteer, a figure far above the Victorian and national averages. This is a community where residents are very active in unpaid work and supporting others. The level of local volunteering is among the highest for similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 35.1% of residents giving their time. This is 22 percentage points higher than the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in Grassdale, as 37.8% of people care for children unpaid and 29.7% do over 15 hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well above the national average. Meanwhile, 13.5% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the state figure.
13.5% ▲ +32.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.8% ▲ +34.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.7% ▲ +29.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2021: 29.7%
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 community has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the national figure of 2.8% and the state figure of 2.0%.
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 Grassdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21091/grassdale/topic/community