30.8% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rubicon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rubicon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of giving defines Rubicon, where 30.8% of people volunteer. This rate is far above the national figure and much higher than most similar areas, showing a community deeply engaged in helping others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 30.8% of residents volunteer, which is 17 percentage points higher than both the Victorian and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid childcare and housework are around the national middle, no one in Rubicon reports providing other types of unpaid care, a figure far below the state and national levels.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 23.1%
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 have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
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 Rubicon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22209/rubicon/topic/community