22.8% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greta · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Greta give their time to others than in most similar areas. Nearly 23% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This spirit of contribution extends into the home, where unpaid care and housework are much more common than typical for the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.8% of people helping out. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family care is a big part of life in Greta, as 31.6% of people care for children unpaid and 26.6% do 15 or more hours of housework—both figures are well above the national average. Meanwhile, 12.7% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the state level.
12.7% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.6% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.6% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 26.6%
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 reported serving in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the Victorian average 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 Greta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21108/greta/topic/community