34.1% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Staughton Vale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Staughton Vale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Staughton Vale than in most similar areas. About 34.1% of residents give their time to others, a figure that is far above the national average of 14.1%. This highlights a community with a very high level of local engagement.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 34.1% of people helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 13.2% of people provide unpaid care, nearly 30% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Interestingly, those caring for children unpaid are well below the national average at 18.7%.
13.2% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.7% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.7% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 29.7%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across 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 Staughton Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22352/staughton-vale/topic/community