21.7% ▼ -29.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jindivick · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jindivick
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a strong feature of life in Jindivick, where residents are far more likely to volunteer than people in other parts of the country. About 21.7% of the population gives their time to help others, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.7% of people pitching in. This is higher than most similar areas and well above the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a significant part of local life; 29% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Around 15.8% of residents provide unpaid care, a rate that is much higher than most areas.
15.8% ▲ +74.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -24.7%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.0% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 29.0%
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.
About 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Jindivick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21269/jindivick/topic/community