21.1% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gritjurk · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gritjurk
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 60% of people in Gritjurk provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This level of community involvement extends to other areas too, with a high proportion of residents helping out in their spare time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.1% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high, with 60.5% of people caring for children and 47.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework each week, both far above the national figures. Conversely, those providing other types of unpaid care are a little below the national average at 10.5%.
10.5% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
60.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 60.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
47.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 47.4%
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 has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below 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 Gritjurk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21113/gritjurk/topic/community