14.3% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Heathcote · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Heathcote
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher than usual rates of unpaid care and military service define the community spirit in Heathcote. While volunteering is common, the area is most notable for its high proportion of former Defence Force members and those providing care at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas but remains about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of local life, with 13.7% of people providing such support. While 24.1% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly—well above the national figure—the proportion of people caring for children is far below the state and national rates at 16.1%.
13.7% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.1% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 24.1%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is much more common here than in most areas, with 5.5% of people having served. This is well above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
5.5%
Higher than 85% 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 Heathcote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21160/heathcote/topic/community