25.4% ▼ -39.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Streatham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Streatham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in four people in Streatham volunteer their time, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a community with high levels of unpaid work and service, including a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.4% of people helping out. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents take on unpaid roles, and 29.5% do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is well above the national figure. About 13.9% provide unpaid care, a little above the Australian average.
13.9% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.5% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 29.5%
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.
A much higher share of people in Streatham have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 5.7%, this is well above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
5.7%
Higher than 86% 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 Streatham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22383/streatham/topic/community