9.0% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Reefton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Reefton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Reefton engage in unpaid work or volunteering than in the rest of the state. Only 9% of residents volunteer their time, which is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%. This trend of lower community participation extends across childcare, housework, and aged care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. At 9%, the rate is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon in Reefton, with only 7.7% of people providing such support, which is well below the Australian average of 11.9%. Similarly, only 10.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure far below the national rate of 20.7%.
7.7% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.8% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.3% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 10.3%
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.
No residents in this area have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and sits a little below the Victorian rate of 2%.
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 Reefton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22159/reefton/topic/community