9.5% ▼ -42.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Officer · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Officer
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Officer than in most similar areas. Only 9.5% of residents do unpaid volunteer work, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. However, the area sees a very high level of family care, with 36.6% of people providing unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Officer are well below the Victorian average, with only 9.5% of people contributing their time to community groups.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, as the 36.6% of people caring for children unpaid is far above the national figure. In contrast, people providing other types of unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework are less common than in most other areas.
10.2% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.6% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 19.4%
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.
Defence service is less common in Officer than in most areas, with 1.3% of people having served in the Defence Force.
1.3%
Lower than 64% 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 Officer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22006/officer/topic/community