15.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Scotchmans Lead · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Scotchmans Lead
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A notably high 5.5% of people in Scotchmans Lead have served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Victorian figure. Other forms of community contribution, such as volunteering and unpaid care, remain closer to state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of residents are volunteers, which is lower than most similar areas. However, this is still a little above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 13.2% of people provide unpaid care, a figure slightly above the national average. Meanwhile, 23.1% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is a little above the Victorian rate.
13.2% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.6%
- 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.
Service in the Defence Force is a standout feature here, with 5.5% of residents having served. This is well above the 2.0% seen across Victoria and a little above the Australian average.
5.5%
Higher than 85% 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 Scotchmans Lead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22243/scotchmans-lead/topic/community