21.1% ▼ -25.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Neerim South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Neerim South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Neerim South volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This community shows a strong tendency toward unpaid work, from helping others to managing a high amount of housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.1% of residents helping out. This is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is much more common than in most areas, with 29.1% of people doing 15 or more hours a week. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%, while 14.3% provide some form of unpaid care.
14.3% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.1% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 29.1%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is more common in Neerim South than in most similar areas, with 3.3% of people having served.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21911/neerim-south/topic/community