5.7% ▼ -23.1%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St Albans · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in St Albans
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in St Albans participate in unpaid community work compared to similar areas. Only 5.7% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This trend of low community involvement extends across volunteering, unpaid care, and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.7% of people here volunteer, a figure that is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 18.8% of people caring for children and 14% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Only 10.1% of residents provide any unpaid care, which is a little below the Australian average of 11.9%.
10.1% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.8% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.0% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 14.0%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 0.6%, which is lower than most areas and a little below the 2.8% national figure.
0.6%
Lower than 71% 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 St Albans [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22330/st-albans/topic/community