13.3% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Illabarook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Illabarook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 43.3% of people provide unpaid care in Illabarook, which is far above the national figure. While volunteering rates are typical for the region, the community is heavily defined by these high levels of unpaid support for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.3% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the Victorian and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 43.3% of people providing support—far above the 11.9% national average. This includes 30.0% of people caring for children, a figure well above the state and national rates, though those doing 15 or more hours of housework are about the same as the rest of the country.
43.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 43.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 20.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Victorian and Australian averages.
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 Illabarook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21226/illabarook/topic/community