21.3% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sherbrooke · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sherbrooke
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people contribute their time unpaid in Sherbrooke than in the rest of the state. Residents are notably active in their community, with over 21% volunteering and a very high number of people providing care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.3% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent in the area, with 32.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the 20.7% national figure. This high level of activity is consistent with 21.8% of residents providing unpaid care and 35.1% caring for children.
21.8% ▲ +26.1%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.1% ▲ +34.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.6% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 32.6%
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 more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.7% of people having served. This is a little above the 2.0% figure for Victoria.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Sherbrooke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22278/sherbrooke/topic/community