13.6% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St Kilda · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in St Kilda
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people perform unpaid care roles in St Kilda than in most other areas. This is a community where only 9.4% of people provide unpaid care, a figure that sits well below the state and national levels. While volunteering is common, the area is defined by a very low rate of unpaid domestic and family work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is around the same as the rest of the country, with 13.6% of people in St Kilda offering their time to help others.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower here than in most areas, with only 12.2% of people caring for children and 10.8% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. Both figures are far below the Victorian and Australian averages of about 26% and 21%.
9.4% ▲ +40.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.2% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.8% ▲ +28.8%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 10.8%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 1.2% of the population having a military background, which is lower than in most similar areas.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 Kilda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22343/st-kilda/topic/community