16.1% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jumbuk · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jumbuk
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong tradition of service and home-based work defines daily life in Jumbuk. While only 9.7% of people provide unpaid care, a striking 12.1% of the population have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.1% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a major part of life here, with 45.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid work weekly—far above the national figure of 20.7%. In contrast, the 9.7% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Victorian average.
9.7% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.7% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
45.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 45.2%
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.
Military service is much more common here than elsewhere, with 12.1% of residents having served in the Defence Force, well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
12.1%
Higher 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 Jumbuk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21275/jumbuk/topic/community