16.9% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kerrie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kerrie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Kerrie provide unpaid childcare, making this the most common form of community support in the area. This high level of family care is part of a broader trend where residents are far more likely to provide unpaid help and housework than people in other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.9% of the population pitching in. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is a major part of local life, as 22.5% of people provide unpaid care, which is far above the national figure of 11.9%. This includes 31% of residents doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, a rate far above the Australian average.
22.5% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.2% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.0% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 31.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures.
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 Kerrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21333/kerrie/topic/community