26.4% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Speed · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Speed
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of giving stands out in Speed, where volunteering has become much more common since 2011. About 26.4% of people here volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community help defines the local area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.4% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While few people provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country, 30.2% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well above the national figure. Around 13.2% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the state average.
13.2% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.3% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.2% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 30.2%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the national average of 2.8%.
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 Speed [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22318/speed/topic/community