36.4% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Strathlea · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Strathlea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Strathlea now volunteer, showing a strong shift toward community activity since 2011. This is one of the highest rates of volunteering in the region, with 36.4% of residents giving their time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 36.4%, the share of volunteers is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%. This is among the highest levels of community participation seen across similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid care for children is far below the national figure at 13.6%, those providing general unpaid care are well above the Australian average at 18.2%. This is much higher than most other areas.
18.2% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.6% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 18.2%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia and the 2.0% in Victoria.
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 Strathlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22378/strathlea/topic/community