13.3% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Smokeytown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Smokeytown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap exists between Smokeytown and the rest of the country when it comes to unpaid work, with half of the people here caring for children. While typical volunteering rates are about the same as the national figure, the amount of unpaid care in the home is far above the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.3% of people in Smokeytown volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas but roughly the same as the Victorian and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here; 50% of people care for children and 43.3% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both far above the national average. Overall, 23.3% provide some form of unpaid care, which is among the highest rates for this level of area.
23.3% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
43.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 43.3%
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.
No one in Smokeytown has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Smokeytown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22296/smokeytown/topic/community