36.0% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.2%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stanley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Stanley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Stanley volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This community is highly active in unpaid work, with high numbers of residents providing care and support for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 36.0% of residents helping out, which is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in Stanley, as 35.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This aligns with the fact that 19.8% provide unpaid care, a rate well above the rest of the country.
19.8% ▲ +92.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.1% ▲ +27.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 35.1%
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 areas, with 3.5% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Stanley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22351/stanley/topic/community