15.6% ▼ -17.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ironbark · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ironbark
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Ironbark take part in unpaid care and housework than in most similar areas. However, 15.6% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.6% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most similar areas but still a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While providing unpaid care is more common here than in most similar areas, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid (22.6%) is well below the Victorian and national figures of 26.3%. Housework for 15 or more hours a week is also much less common here than in most similar areas.
14.6% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▲ +6.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.1% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 18.1%
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 3.1% of the population, which is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
3.1%
Higher 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 Ironbark [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21241/ironbark/topic/community