12.3% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Redcastle · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Redcastle
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 33.3% of people in Redcastle do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week. This is far above the national figure, though the area has a lower rate of volunteering than most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.3% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.3% of people provide unpaid care—about the same as the Australian average—those caring for children unpaid are well below the state and national figures at 22.8%.
12.3% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 33.3%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 5.3% of people having served, which is well above the Victorian rate of 2.0%.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Redcastle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22153/redcastle/topic/community