23.8% ▼ -43.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.4%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ultima · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ultima
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people now volunteer in Ultima than in the rest of the country. Nearly a quarter of the population gives their time to others, marking a standout level of community involvement for the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.8% of people helping out, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 10.9% of people provide some form of unpaid care, the rate of those caring for children is much lower than most areas at 17.0%. Around 21.8% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework.
10.9% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.0% ▼ -39.2%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -32.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 21.8%
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 community has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the Victorian average of 2.0%.
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 Ultima [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22608/ultima/topic/community