19.5% ▼ -38.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Purnim · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Purnim
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a key part of life in Purnim, with high rates of unpaid work and volunteering. Roughly one in five residents helps out as a volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of service extends to the home, where a high proportion of people provide unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.5% of people in Purnim volunteer, a figure that is well above both the Victorian average of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is very common here, with 34% of people caring for children unpaid, which is much higher than most areas. This is seen alongside higher-than-average rates of unpaid housework (24.5%) and general unpaid care (15.8%).
15.8% ▲ +25.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.0% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -19.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas, with 3.3% of residents having served in the Defence Force, slightly above the 2% seen across Victoria.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Purnim [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22127/purnim/topic/community