21.5% ▼ -35.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Poowong North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Poowong North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Poowong North than in most other similar areas. This community is highly active, with 21.5% of residents volunteering, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.5% of people helping out. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Giving unpaid care is very frequent, with 23.9% of residents doing so, which is far above the national figure of 11.9%. This is consistent with high rates of unpaid housework (24.5%) and child care (29.4%).
23.9% ▲ +47.2%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.4% ▼ -28.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.4%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 24.5%
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.
About 3.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Victorian rate of 2.0%.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22100/poowong-north/topic/community