# Community Participation — St Arnaud North

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

Area: St Arnaud North (Suburb / Locality)

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.

Volunteering is very common here, with 24.2% of people helping out, which is far above the Victorian rate of 13.3%.

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.

No one in this area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the national rate of 2.8%.

## Statistics

| Statistic | Value | Change since |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Volunteers | 24.2% | — |
| People providing unpaid care | 15.2% | — |
| People caring for children unpaid | 15.2% | — |
| People who served in the Defence Force | 0.0% | — |
| People doing 15+ hours of unpaid housework | 30.3% | — |

Interactive: https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22336/st-arnaud-north/topic/community