22.6% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Homewood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Homewood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 23% of people in Homewood volunteer, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. This high level of community involvement is seen alongside a strong tendency for residents to provide unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.6% of people giving their time. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is very prevalent in the area, with 18.9% of people providing unpaid care, which is well above the national figure. This includes 30.2% of residents caring for children unpaid and 22.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework a week.
18.9% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 22.6%
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 Homewood has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across 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 Homewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21200/homewood/topic/community