22.2% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Main Lead · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Main Lead
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher volunteering rates than most similar areas define Main Lead. About 22.2% of residents give their time to volunteer, a figure that sits well above both the Victorian and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
With 22.2% of people volunteering, this rate is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 8.3% of people providing such care. This includes a very low 11.1% of people caring for children unpaid, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
8.3% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.1% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 22.2%
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, a result that is a little below the national average of 2.8%.
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 Main Lead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21577/main-lead/topic/community