17.1% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pastoria · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pastoria
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average, 17.1% of people in Pastoria volunteer their time. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature for the area, contrasting with much lower rates of unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.1% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% figure for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.1% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—the area is much less likely to provide unpaid care. Only 4.3% of people provide unpaid care, which is well below the 11.9% national average, and childcare is also well below the state average at 20.0%.
4.3% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 27.1%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the national and state averages.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Pastoria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22043/pastoria/topic/community