27.1% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Robertsons Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Robertsons Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Robertsons Beach volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This community shows a very high level of unpaid contribution through volunteering and care work. It is also home to a much larger proportion of Defence Force veterans than most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.1% of residents helping out, which is far above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is prevalent, with 25% of people providing care and 31.3% doing over 15 hours of housework, both far above Victorian figures. However, those caring for children unpaid are among the lowest at 8.3%, far below the state and national average of 26.3%.
25.0% ▲ +117.1%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.3% ▼ -58.3%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.3% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 31.3%
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 Force service is much more common in Robertsons Beach than elsewhere, with 13.3% of people having served, far above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
13.3%
Higher 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 Robertsons Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22182/robertsons-beach/topic/community