17.0% ▼ -30.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Portland · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Portland
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community engagement in Portland (Vic.) has remained steady over the last decade, with a strong tradition of volunteering. Around 17% of residents give their time to volunteer, which is well above the Victorian average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17% of people helping out. This is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and well above Victoria's 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country, 13.7% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, which is higher than most areas.
13.7% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 22.7%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is typical for an area like this, with 3.1% of the population having served. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 2%.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Portland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22110/portland/topic/community