56.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rathscar West · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rathscar West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over half of the people in Rathscar West give their time to others, making it an exceptionally active place for community support. This spirit of helping out is seen in the high rates of volunteering and unpaid care, which far exceed both state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 56% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of local life, with 36% of people providing care—far above the national figure of 11.9%. This includes a very high 44% of residents who care for children unpaid, while 20% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
36.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
44.0% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
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 this area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% recorded across 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 Rathscar West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22140/rathscar-west/topic/community