15.4% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St Helena · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in St Helena
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A well above national average of 15.8% of people provide unpaid care in St Helena. This reflects a community where people are very active in supporting others, from looking after children to volunteering. Many residents take on roles that support their families and the wider area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia, though lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 29.5% of people caring for children—well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with 15.8% of residents providing general unpaid care and 23.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework a week.
15.8% ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.5% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 23.4%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.1% of the population, which is a little above the Victorian rate of 2.0%.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Helena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22339/st-helena/topic/community