21.9% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.8%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Heytesbury Lower · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Heytesbury Lower
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement has shifted in Heytesbury Lower, with a high rate of volunteering now defining the area. About 21.9% of people here volunteer, which is well above both the Victorian and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Heytesbury Lower, with 21.9% of people helping out, a rate well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is a little above the state average at 15.6%, yet this happens alongside much lower rates of unpaid childcare and housework compared to most other areas.
15.6% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.9% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.6% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 15.6%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Heytesbury Lower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21180/heytesbury-lower/topic/community