20.4% ▼ -15.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Simpson · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Simpson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people volunteer in Simpson than in the rest of the state. About 20.4% of residents give their time to others, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than one in five people here volunteer, a rate that is well above both the state and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common, with 26.2% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is well above the national figure. However, the 8.8% of people providing unpaid care is much lower than in most other areas.
8.8% ▲ +0.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 26.2%
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 1.3% of the population, which is a little below the Australian average.
1.3%
Lower than 65% 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 Simpson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22283/simpson/topic/community