22.0% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stanhope · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Stanhope
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines Stanhope, where 22.0% of residents give their time to help others. This rate is well above the figures for both Victoria and Australia. The area also sees higher levels of unpaid care and housework compared to most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.0% of people pitching in. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents handle significant unpaid work, as 27.1% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Unpaid care for others is also a little above the state average at 15.1%, though the share of people caring for children is well below the national rate at 22.2%.
15.1% ▲ +27.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 27.1%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.3% of people having served. This is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Stanhope [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22350/stanhope/topic/community