13.8% ▼ -31.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Irymple · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Irymple
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Most residents in Irymple follow typical patterns of community involvement, though volunteering is lower than in many similar areas. About 13.8% of people volunteer their time, which is roughly the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates are lower than in most other areas, with 13.8% of the community pitching in, a figure that sits about the same as the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 26.2% of people caring for children and 13.1% providing other unpaid care. A little more than the state and national figures, 22.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week.
13.1% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 22.9%
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.
Only 1.8% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than in most similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Irymple [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21245/irymple/topic/community