18.2% ▼ -19.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
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Community Participation in Research
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people in Research provide unpaid childcare, making it a community where family and care duties are a major part of daily life. This commitment to others is a defining feature, with residents also far more likely to volunteer and provide unpaid care than people across the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.2% of residents giving their time. This is well above the figures for both Victoria (13.3%) and Australia (14.1%).
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in this area, with 17.9% of people providing unpaid care and 26.7% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. These figures are well above the national average, particularly for unpaid childcare, which involves 31.4% of residents.
17.9% ▲ +40.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.4% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 26.7%
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.
About 2.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas and is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Research [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22160/research/topic/community