10.7% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pascoe Vale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pascoe Vale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10.7% of people in Pascoe Vale volunteer, a figure that is well below the national average. While unpaid care for children and others is common, the area sees much lower rates of formal volunteering and housework than most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is quite low here, with only 10.7% of residents helping out. This is much lower than most other areas and sits well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 26.2% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the state and national figures. However, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are much less common here than in most other areas.
13.0% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 18.9%
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.
A small number of residents, 1.1%, have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and sits a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower 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 Pascoe Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22041/pascoe-vale/topic/community