19.0% ▼ -17.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St Kilda East · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in St Kilda East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in St Kilda East volunteer their time, making it a place where local contribution is much more common than in the rest of the country. While community spirit is high, the area sees far fewer people tied down by heavy housework or childcare than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% national figure and the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children (22.6%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (14.7%) are both well below the state and national figures. However, 12.4% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
12.4% ▲ +17.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.7% ▲ +13.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.7%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force, with only 0.9% of the population having done so, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
0.9%
Lower than 68% 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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22344/st-kilda-east/topic/community