18.0% ▼ -22.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ivanhoe East · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ivanhoe East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Ivanhoe East provide unpaid childcare, making it a place where caregiving is common. This high level of home-based support extends to other areas of life, with a strong proportion of the population giving their time to volunteering and unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.0% of residents giving their time. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people provide unpaid care in Ivanhoe East than in most other areas, with 16.9% of residents helping out. This includes 28.4% who care for children and 23.1% who do at least 15 hours of housework a week, both figures being above the national average.
16.9% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 23.1%
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.
Only 1.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21247/ivanhoe-east/topic/community