9.7% ▼ -63.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Neerim · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Neerim
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people volunteer in Neerim than in most other areas, but a high number of residents take on unpaid work at home. While only 9.7% of people volunteer, many more spend their time supporting others and managing their own households.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.7% of people in Neerim volunteer, which is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%. This is much lower than in most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here provide unpaid care or do heavy housework than in most areas. While those caring for children unpaid are well below the national figure at 20.0%, 28.1% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework a week, and 16.8% provide unpaid care.
16.8% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% ▲ +2.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.1% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 28.1%
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.
About 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Neerim [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21907/neerim/topic/community