10.8% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St Albans Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in St Albans Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people volunteer in St Albans Park than in most other areas, with only 10.8% of residents giving their time. This is well below the national figure of 14.1%. While volunteering is low, a higher than usual proportion of the community provides unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.8% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most areas and well below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 14.3% of people providing it. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 12.9%, though those caring for children unpaid (23.6%) are a little below the state and national averages.
14.3% ▲ +34.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.4% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 20.4%
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.
Around 2.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian average.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22331/st-albans-park/topic/community