28.9% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Raymond Island · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Raymond Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a defining feature of Raymond Island, where residents are far more likely to give their time to others than people elsewhere. Nearly 29% of the population volunteers, which is more than double the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 28.9% of people here volunteer, a figure that is far above both the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16.4% of people providing care and 32.3% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above national figures. Conversely, the 9% who care for children unpaid is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
16.4% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.0% ▼ -35.4%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.3% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 32.3%
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.
A higher proportion of the community has a military background, with 6.2% of residents having served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 2.8% national average.
6.2%
Higher than 87% 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 Raymond Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22145/raymond-island/topic/community