25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
The Heart · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in The Heart
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in four people in The Heart volunteer, a rate that is much higher than most similar areas. This level of community involvement is far above the national figure. The area is also defined by high levels of unpaid domestic work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is a major activity here; 37.5% of people do 15 or more hours a week, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 29.2% provide unpaid childcare, no residents reported providing other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.5% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 37.5%
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.
Defence service is uncommon in the area, with 0.0% of residents having served. This is a little below the 2.8% recorded for 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 The Heart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22499/the-heart/topic/community