26.1% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greenwald · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greenwald
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Greenwald volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement is matched by a strong history of military service and a high proportion of residents providing unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 26.1% of residents volunteer their time, which is far above both the Victorian (13.3%) and Australian (14.1%) figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Children are cared for unpaid by 32.6% of the population, well above the national average, and 28.3% do 15 or more hours of housework. However, those providing other types of unpaid care are much lower than most areas at 8.7%.
8.7% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.6% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.3% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 28.3%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is common here, with 9.6% of people having served, a figure well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
9.6%
Higher than 95% 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 Greenwald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21106/greenwald/topic/community