18.4% ▼ -20.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Portarlington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Portarlington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Portarlington contribute their time to the community than in most similar areas. About 18.4% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This spirit of giving extends to a higher-than-average number of people providing unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.4% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% recorded for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While much fewer people provide unpaid childcare than the national average, 14.1% of residents provide some form of unpaid care. Additionally, 26.1% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
14.1% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.1% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 26.1%
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.
A higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.9% of the population having served. This is a little above both the Victorian (2.0%) and national (2.8%) rates.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Portarlington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22109/portarlington/topic/community