21.1% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Iraak · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Iraak
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people in Iraak give their time to others compared to the state and national averages. This is especially true for family care, where 42.2% of residents provide unpaid child care, far above the national figure of 26.3%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.1% of people helping out, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 24.4% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, the rate of people providing general unpaid care is much lower than most areas at 10.0%.
10.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
42.2% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 42.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most similar places, with 5.6% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Iraak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21239/iraak/topic/community