27.5% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Samaria · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Samaria
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Samaria provide unpaid care, making it one of the most supportive areas for this kind of work. This high level of community contribution is seen across both formal volunteering and home-based care. While few people here have served in the military, many dedicate their time to helping others in the local area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Samaria, with 27.5% of people helping out. This is far above the national figure of 14.1% and much higher than in most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of local life, as 35.3% of residents provide this support, which is far above the Victorian figure of 12.9%. This includes 39.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, though only 13.7% provide unpaid childcare, a figure far below the national average.
35.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.7% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.2% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 39.2%
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 Samaria has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure 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 Samaria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22228/samaria/topic/community