9.8% ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
North Geelong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in North Geelong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 9.8% of people in North Geelong volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This low level of community activity is mirrored in unpaid home and care work, where North Geelong sits below most other Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are much lower than most areas, sitting at 9.8% compared to 13.3% for Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here than elsewhere. Only 15.8% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, and 23.1% provide unpaid childcare, both of which are well below the national figure.
11.2% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.8% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 15.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.5% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 North Geelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21965/north-geelong/topic/community