18.2% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Poowong East · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Poowong East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Poowong East provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a community where a high proportion of residents are heavily involved in family care and domestic work. While volunteering rates are also strong, the local focus is largely on home and family responsibilities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.2% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is very common here, with 37.7% of people caring for children unpaid and 32.5% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly—both figures far above the state and national averages. General unpaid care is provided by 13% of the population, which is about the same as the Victorian average.
13.0% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.7% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.5% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 32.5%
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.
No one in Poowong East 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 Poowong East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22099/poowong-east/topic/community