18.6% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stonehaven · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Stonehaven
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Stonehaven provide unpaid care, highlighting a strong culture of helping others. The area is particularly active in the community, with volunteering and defence service rates well above national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.6% of residents giving their time. 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.
Unpaid work is very high, as 30.5% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the state's 20.1%. This aligns with the 25.4% who provide unpaid care, which is far above the national figure of 11.9%.
25.4% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.7% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.8%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.5% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 30.5%
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.
A much higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 6.2%, this is well above both the Victorian rate of 2.0% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.2%
Higher than 87% 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 Stonehaven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22361/stonehaven/topic/community