13.8% ▼ -34.1%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Smythesdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Smythesdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define the community of Smythesdale compared to most similar areas. While volunteering is common, the most striking feature is that 15.4% of people provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.8% of people in Smythesdale volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the Victorian and Australian rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 15.4% of people providing care, which is much higher than most areas. This includes 29.2% of residents caring for children and 25.6% doing more than 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the national figures.
15.4% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 25.6%
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 4.0% of people having served, which is a little above the rates for Victoria and Australia.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Smythesdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22299/smythesdale/topic/community