18.5% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jeeralang · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jeeralang
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people do unpaid housework in Jeeralang than in most other areas, with 41.5% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on these tasks. This high level of domestic work is part of a broader pattern of community and family contribution in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.5% of people here volunteer, which is well above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 32.3% of people caring for children and another 32.3% providing some form of unpaid care, both far above the national average.
32.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.3% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
41.5% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 41.5%
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.
A little more than 4.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Jeeralang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21260/jeeralang/topic/community