13.6% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greensborough · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greensborough
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Greensborough has remained steady over the last decade, though unpaid care is now more common here than in most similar places. A striking 31.4% of residents provide unpaid child care, which is well above the national figure. This reflects a local trend where many people balance their time between home and community duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of people in Greensborough volunteer, which is lower than most areas. This figure is about the same as the Victorian and national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 31.4% of people caring for children, well above the 26.3% national figure. This helps explain why 14.3% of residents provide unpaid care generally, which is higher than most areas.
14.3% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.4% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▲ +1.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 23.0%
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 2.9% of people in Greensborough have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Greensborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21104/greensborough/topic/community