14.8% ▼ -29.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Healesville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Healesville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Healesville than in most similar areas. While 14% of residents provide unpaid care, this is higher than both the state and national figures. This highlights a community where looking after others is a significant part of daily life.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.8% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 23.8% of people doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with the 14% of residents providing unpaid care, which is higher than most other areas.
14.0% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 23.8%
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.
Around 3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 55% 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 Healesville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21158/healesville/topic/community