22.8% ▼ -22.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Harcourt · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Harcourt
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Harcourt contribute their time to the community than in most similar areas. Nearly 23% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong trend of giving extends to unpaid care and housework within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.8% of people helping out. This is well above both the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much more common here than in most areas. This includes 29.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework a week, and 16.5% providing unpaid care, both of which are well above state and national figures.
16.5% ▲ +26.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.7% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.8% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 29.8%
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.
About 3.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0% and about the same as the national average.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Harcourt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21137/harcourt/topic/community