16.4% ▼ -23.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ivanhoe · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ivanhoe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher rate of volunteering than the state average defines community life in Ivanhoe, where 16.4% of people give their time. This civic engagement stands out against the broader Victorian and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most of Australia, with 16.4% of residents helping out, which is well above the 13.3% recorded for Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a bit more frequent than in other areas, with 14.6% of people providing support. Meanwhile, about 25.5% care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the national figure.
14.6% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 20.2%
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.
Defence service is less common in Ivanhoe than in most areas, with 1.8% of people having served, a figure 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 Ivanhoe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21246/ivanhoe/topic/community