19.5% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Smiths Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Smiths Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Smiths Beach volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, whether through local volunteering or managing the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 19.5%, volunteers are well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%. This level of participation is around the middle for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A higher than usual 25.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, those caring for children unpaid (26.3%) and providing general unpaid care (12.0%) are about the same as state and national levels.
12.0% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% ▲ +15.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 25.9%
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.
Only 1.1% of people in the area have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower than 66% 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 Smiths Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22294/smiths-beach/topic/community