18.8% ▼ -37.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pomborneit · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pomborneit
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 19% of people in Pomborneit volunteer, a figure that sits well above the state and national averages. This strong community spirit defines local participation, even though other forms of unpaid work are less common here than in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.8% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas. About 24.6% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is a little below the national figure of 26.3%.
11.6% ▲ +23.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -31.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 21.7%
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 community has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
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 Pomborneit [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22091/pomborneit/topic/community