20.7% ▼ -37.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Smeaton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Smeaton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have remained strong in Smeaton, with 20.7% of residents giving their time to others. This level of community involvement is well above the national figure and reflects a highly active local population.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.7% of people in Smeaton volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 24.1% of residents do over 15 hours of unpaid housework—well above the state and national figures—only 8.4% provide unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
8.4% ▼ -57.8%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% ▼ -24.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -25.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 24.1%
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.
About 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.0% found across Victoria.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Smeaton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22293/smeaton/topic/community