15.0% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hernes Oak · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hernes Oak
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Three in ten residents of Hernes Oak provide unpaid care for children, which is well above the national figure. This high level of family support is the most prominent feature of community life here, though other forms of volunteering are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.0% of people volunteer their time, which is a little above the Victorian average of 13.3% and roughly the same as the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common, with 30.0% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on it, a figure well above the 20.7% national average. This reflects a broader trend in the area, where 30.0% of residents also provide unpaid childcare.
12.2% ▼ -28.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 30.0%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force, at just 1.0%, which is lower than most similar areas and slightly below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 67% 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 Hernes Oak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21175/hernes-oak/topic/community