18.0% ▼ -18.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Heathmont · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Heathmont
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Strong support for others defines daily life in Heathmont, where residents are far more likely to volunteer and provide care than those in other parts of the country. A striking 32.4% of people here provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Heathmont, with 18.0% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, with 15.8% of residents helping out. This is driven largely by childcare, as 32.4% of people provide unpaid care for children, well above the 26.3% seen statewide.
15.8% ▲ +33.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.4% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 23.1%
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.
About 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Victorian figure of 2.0% and the national average of 2.8%.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Heathmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21165/heathmont/topic/community