18.8% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
The Sisters · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in The Sisters
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A well above average 18.8% of people volunteer in The Sisters, which is over 5 points higher than the Victorian figure. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, particularly in looking after children, though other forms of care and service are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.8% of residents giving their time, a figure well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 31.8% of people provide unpaid childcare—well above the national figure of 26.3%—other unpaid work is rare. Only 4.7% provide general unpaid care and 17.6% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the national average.
4.7% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.8% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.6% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 17.6%
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 2.0% seen in Victoria and 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 Sisters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22502/the-sisters/topic/community