11.9% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Preston · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Preston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Preston have shifted since 2011, with only 11.9% of people now giving their time to a cause. This is much lower than most similar areas and sits slightly below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.9% of residents volunteer, which is a little below the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.1% of people provide some form of unpaid care, those caring for children are well below the national figure at 23.0%. Similarly, 17.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is much lower than most areas.
13.1% ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.9% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 17.9%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.0% of the population, a figure that is lower than most areas and a little below the Victorian average of 2.0%.
1.0%
Lower than 68% 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 Preston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22121/preston/topic/community