11.0% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Heatherton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Heatherton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Heatherton look after children without pay than in most other areas. While child care is a big part of daily life, other forms of community work and volunteering are less common here than across the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11% of people volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 30.7% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above both the Victorian and Australian averages of 26.3%. In contrast, those doing 15 or more hours of housework are much fewer than in most areas, and unpaid care for others is slightly below the state level.
11.6% ▲ +44.6%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.5% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 17.5%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas, with 1.6% of the population having served, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 62% 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 Heatherton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21163/heatherton/topic/community