19.1% ▼ -21.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Orbost · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Orbost
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher proportion of people in Orbost volunteer than in the rest of Victoria. About 19.1% of residents give their time to others, which is well above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are well above the national figure of 14.1%, placing the area around the middle compared to similar regions.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in most areas, yet a higher proportion do 15 or more hours of housework and unpaid care than the state average.
14.5% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.0% ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.2% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 27.2%
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 Force veterans make up 3.7% of the population, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Orbost [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22014/orbost/topic/community