40.5% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jarklin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jarklin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive gap in volunteer rates defines Jarklin, where 40.5% of people give their time to help others. This is far above the national figure of 14.1% and among the highest rates for similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 40.5% of residents pitching in, which is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 24.3% of people do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—only 8.1% provide unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
8.1% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure a little below the 2.8% national average.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Jarklin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21257/jarklin/topic/community