12.7% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Orrvale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Orrvale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community engagement in Orrvale has shifted over the years, with a notable number of people now providing unpaid care. While volunteer rates are about the same as the state average, the area stands out for its high proportion of people supporting others in their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 12.7% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 16.5% of people provide unpaid care, which is well above both the state and national figures. However, those caring for children unpaid are much lower than most areas at 16.5%, and 18.8% do 15 or more hours of housework, a little below the national average.
16.5% ▲ +40.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.5% ▼ -30.0%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 18.8%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas, with only 0.8% of residents having served. This is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.8%
Lower than 69% 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 Orrvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22017/orrvale/topic/community