25.7% ▼ -15.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Swan Marsh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Swan Marsh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Swan Marsh volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This community is defined by high levels of unpaid contribution, though few residents have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25.7% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most areas and far above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 30.3% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—the rate of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average at 21.1%. Unpaid care for others is also a little below the national figure at 10.1%.
10.1% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.1% ▼ -38.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.3% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 30.3%
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 figures for both Victoria and Australia.
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 Swan Marsh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22408/swan-marsh/topic/community