17.8% ▼ -29.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Strathdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Strathdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving their time to others is a common part of life in Strathdale, where nearly 18% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure and reflects a community that is more active in unpaid work and care than most of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.8% of residents volunteer, which is well above both the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 16.5% of people providing care—much higher than most other areas. While child care is about the same as the national 26.3%, 24.4% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the national figure.
16.5% ▲ +20.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.7% of the population, a figure that is higher than most areas and a little above the Victorian average of 2.0%.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Strathdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22373/strathdale/topic/community