31.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Staffordshire Reef · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Staffordshire Reef
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Staffordshire Reef than in the rest of the country. About 31.4% of residents give their time to others, which is more than double the national rate.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are much higher here than in most areas, sitting at 31.4%, which is 17 percentage points above the Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 35.3% of people do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework—far above the Victorian average—the rates for unpaid childcare (21.6%) and general unpaid care (5.9%) are both well below state and national levels.
5.9% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.8%
- 2021: 35.3%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
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 Staffordshire Reef [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22348/staffordshire-reef/topic/community