9.1% ▼ -28.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hoppers Crossing · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hoppers Crossing
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 25.5% of people in Hoppers Crossing provide unpaid childcare, which is the most common form of community support here. While many residents help out at home, the area has a very low rate of formal volunteering compared to other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.1% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the Victorian average of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common, with 25.5% of people providing this care, which is about the same as the national rate. Around 13.2% provide other types of unpaid care, while 19.6% do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is much lower than most areas.
13.2% ▲ +21.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 19.6%
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.
About 2.3% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a rate that is about the same as the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
2.3%
Lower than 57% 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 Hoppers Crossing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21203/hoppers-crossing/topic/community