51.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.4%
- 2021: 51.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stoneleigh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Stoneleigh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than three times as many people volunteer in Stoneleigh than in the rest of Victoria. This small community shows an exceptionally high level of unpaid work and care, with over half the population giving their time to volunteer activities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 51.6% of residents volunteer, a figure that is far above the Victorian average of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 45.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is far above the 20.7% national average, alongside a much higher rate of people caring for children unpaid (35.5%) and providing general unpaid care (16.1%).
16.1% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.5% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
45.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 45.2%
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 Stoneleigh has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures.
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 Stoneleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22362/stoneleigh/topic/community