29.3% ▼ -25.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.5%
- 2016: 50.8%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Osbornes Flat · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Osbornes Flat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Osbornes Flat volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This community is notably active in giving their time, with high rates of volunteering and a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.3% of residents helping out, which is 15 percentage points higher than the Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework and childcare are common unpaid tasks, as 31.5% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework—far above the Victorian figure of 20.1%. Another 29.3% provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the state and national averages.
13.1% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▼ -29.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.7%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.5% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 31.5%
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.
A high 10% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 2% seen across Victoria.
10.0%
Higher than 96% 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 Osbornes Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22018/osbornes-flat/topic/community