27.8% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Strangways · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Strangways
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Strangways volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature of the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time than people in most other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.8% of residents helping out, which is 14 percentage points higher than both the Victorian and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 30% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—this is a place where far fewer people provide unpaid care for children compared to most areas.
10.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.6% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 30.0%
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.
About 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas and is slightly above the Victorian average of 2%.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Strangways [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22367/strangways/topic/community