23.5% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Powlett Plains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Powlett Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people contribute their time to others in Powlett Plains compared to the rest of the state. Nearly a quarter of the population volunteer, and unpaid care is much more common here than in the typical Australian town.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Powlett Plains, with 23.5% of people helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life here, as 32.4% provide unpaid care and 47.1% do over 15 hours of housework weekly—both figures are far above the national average. Meanwhile, the 26.5% of people caring for children unpaid is about the same as in Victoria and Australia.
32.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
47.1% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 47.1%
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.
No one in the area 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 Powlett Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22117/powlett-plains/topic/community