12.6% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Shepparton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Shepparton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Shepparton has remained relatively steady over the last decade. While 12.6% of people volunteer, this is much lower than in most similar areas. Local participation in unpaid care and defence service generally mirrors state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other similar areas. At 12.6%, the rate is a little below the Australian figure of 14.1% and about the same as Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure of 26.3% at just 23.3%. This is consistent with the fact that the 18.2% of people doing over 15 hours of housework is much lower than in most areas.
13.1% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 18.2%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.2% of the population. This is about the same as the Victorian figure of 2.0% and the national rate of 2.8%.
2.2%
Lower than 58% 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 Shepparton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22275/shepparton/topic/community