30.4% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Joel South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Joel South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 30% of people volunteer in Joel South, a figure far above the national average. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, particularly through local volunteering and caring for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 30.4% of residents volunteer their time, which is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents handle unpaid work, with 52.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 34.8% caring for children, both far above state and national levels. In contrast, no one in the area provides other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.8% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
52.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 52.2%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Victorian rate of 2.0%.
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 Joel South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21271/joel-south/topic/community