24.2% ▼ -24.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kerang · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kerang
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Kerang volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands out as the most striking feature of the area's social participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A far higher proportion of residents volunteer here than in most other areas. At 24.2%, this is about 10 percentage points above the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 14.5% of people providing care and 23.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both figures well above the national average. However, the 21.5% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Victorian and national figures.
14.5% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -14.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 23.9%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for similar areas, with 3.1% of residents having served. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0% and about the same as the national average.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Kerang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21328/kerang/topic/community