36.0% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 65.4%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rich Avon West · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rich Avon West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in three people in Rich Avon West volunteer their time, a rate far above the national figure. This makes the area one of the most active for volunteering among similar places. Most other community participation activities here align closely with state and national trends.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A striking 36% of residents volunteer, which is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% across Australia. This is among the highest rates of volunteering for areas of this type.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 12% of people provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework are much fewer than in most areas, at just 16%.
12.0% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.0% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 16.0%
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 the area reported serving in the Defence Force. This is a little below the Victorian rate of 2% and the Australian rate of 2.8%.
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 Rich Avon West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22169/rich-avon-west/topic/community