13.6% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Strathmore · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Strathmore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Strathmore, where 17% of people provide support to others. This is well above the national figure of 11.9%. While few residents have served in the military, there is a strong focus on family and domestic support within the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of people in Strathmore volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the Victorian and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area has a very high proportion of people providing unpaid care, with 30.5% caring for children, which is well above the national average of 26.3%. This high level of care extends to general unpaid support and housework, both of which are more common here than in the state and nation.
17.0% ▲ +29.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.5% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 22.7%
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.
Defence service is less common in Strathmore than in most areas, with 1.7% of people having served, slightly below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 62% 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 Strathmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22380/strathmore/topic/community