16.6% ▼ -29.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
San Remo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in San Remo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong culture of helping others defines daily life in San Remo, where 15.6% of people provide unpaid care. This is much higher than most similar areas. Residents are also more likely to volunteer and support their community than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.6% of people in San Remo volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and a little above the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.6% of residents providing such support, which is well above the Australian figure. This is alongside a high rate of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, sitting well above the national average at 25.3%.
15.6% ▲ +20.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▲ +14.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.3% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 25.3%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.6% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Victorian average.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 San Remo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22229/san-remo/topic/community