22.8% ▼ -37.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Heathmere · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Heathmere
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Heathmere volunteer their time, showing a strong local habit of helping out. This community spirit is seen in the high numbers of people who provide unpaid care and manage the home, far exceeding the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.8% of residents 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 a big part of life for many, with 27.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This connects to a much higher rate of people providing unpaid care, at 16.3% compared to 11.9% across Australia.
16.3% ▲ +15.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.8% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.2% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 27.2%
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 similar areas, with 2.0% of residents having served. This is about the same as the 2.0% figure for Victoria.
2.0%
Lower 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 Heathmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21164/heathmere/topic/community