20.4% ▼ -34.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Keely · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Keely
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer in Keely than in most similar areas. About 20.4% of residents give their time to others, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%. This high level of community spirit is a key feature of the local area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 20.4% of people here volunteer, which is higher than most areas. This is well above the figures for Victoria (13.3%) and Australia (14.1%).
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common here, with 26.5% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the national figure of 20.7%. However, the area has much lower rates of people providing unpaid care (6.1%) or caring for children unpaid (22.4%) compared to most other areas.
6.1% ▼ -40.8%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.5% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 26.5%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Victoria 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 Keely [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21313/keely/topic/community