24.8% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greta West · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greta West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 25% of people in Greta West volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, though it has a much lower proportion of people caring for children compared to Victoria and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in four residents volunteers, which is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% across Australia. This rate is much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 16.3% of people providing care and 36.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both well above national figures. However, the 14.9% who provide unpaid childcare is far below the state and national average of 26.3%.
16.3% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.9% ▼ -50.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.9% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 36.9%
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 Greta West has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state rate of 2.0% and the national figure of 2.8%.
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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21110/greta-west/topic/community