16.8% ▼ -58.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.1%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greta South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greta South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than three times as many people in Greta South provide unpaid childcare than the national average. This trend stands out in a community where volunteering is also more common than across Victoria. It is a place where local support and family care play a significant role in daily life.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.8% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and a little above the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 33.6% of people caring for children unpaid, far exceeding both the state and national figures of 26.3%. However, only 8.4% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
8.4% ▼ -51.4%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.6% ▲ +22.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 20.6%
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.
Around 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both the Victorian and Australian averages.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21109/greta-south/topic/community