24.2% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St Arnaud North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in St Arnaud North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost one in four people in St Arnaud North volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement defines the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time than people in most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.2% of people helping out, which is far above the Victorian rate of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people care for children unpaid compared to the national figure of 26.3%, more people take on other duties. Unpaid care for others is a little above the state average, and 30.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is well above the Australian average.
15.2% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.2% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.3% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 30.3%
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 this area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the national rate 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 St Arnaud North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22336/st-arnaud-north/topic/community