16.2% ▲ +13.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Iona · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Iona
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates and defence service have remained steady in Iona, though the area stands out for its high number of veterans. Around 4.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of people in Iona volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than elsewhere, with only 11% of people providing unpaid care and 17.1% caring for children, which is well below the Victorian average of 26.3%.
11.0% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.1% ▼ -37.7%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% ▼ -30.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.3% of the population, a figure that is a little above both the state and national averages.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Iona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21238/iona/topic/community