16.6% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Plenty · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Plenty
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of residents in Plenty provide unpaid childcare, which is a higher rate than most other areas. This community shows a strong lean toward unpaid support and service, with figures for volunteering and general care sitting well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.6% of people here volunteer, a rate that is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in the area, with 15.1% of people providing it—a result well above the Australian figure. This includes 27.5% of residents caring for children unpaid, which is higher than most areas.
15.1% ▲ +25.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% ▼ -19.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 21.8%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.6% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.6%
Higher than 50% 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 Plenty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22084/plenty/topic/community