11.5% ▼ -27.8%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Shepparton East · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Shepparton East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 11.5% of people in Shepparton East volunteer, a rate that is much lower than most similar areas. This reflects a general trend of lower community participation across the board. While some residents contribute through unpaid care, the local volunteering rate sits below both the Victorian and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 11.5% of residents volunteer their time, which is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care of children is well below the national rate at 23.1%, though 22.9% of people do more than 15 hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the Victorian figure.
13.4% ▲ +19.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 22.9%
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.
Defence service is lower than in most areas, with 1.6% of people having served in the force, a figure slightly below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 62% 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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22276/shepparton-east/topic/community