9.8% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Officer South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Officer South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 9.8% of people in Officer South volunteer their time, which is well below the national figure. While community volunteering is low, the area has a very high number of people managing the daily demands of raising children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most other areas, with just 9.8% of residents helping out, compared to 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A huge 32.9% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the Victorian average. This is a sharp contrast to other forms of unpaid work; only 9.3% provide general unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
9.3% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.9% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 19.9%
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 2.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22007/officer-south/topic/community