17.9% ▼ -32.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Swan Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Swan Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 18% of people in Swan Hill give their time to volunteering, which is a much higher rate than across Victoria and Australia. This reflects a strong culture of local contribution and community support in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.9% of residents helping out, which is well above the state figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is typical for the area, with 13.6% providing care and 25.9% looking after children, both of which are about the same as the state and national figures.
13.6% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 20.5%
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.
About 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the state and national levels.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Swan Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22405/swan-hill/topic/community