14.0% ▼ -39.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upper Plenty · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Upper Plenty
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Lower levels of unpaid care and volunteering mark the social landscape of Upper Plenty. While about 14% of people volunteer, the area sees far fewer people providing unpaid care for others compared to most similar places. This suggests a community where formal support or different family structures may be more common than in other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14% of residents in Upper Plenty volunteer, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people here provide unpaid care for others or children compared to the state and national figures. However, 28% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
9.5% ▼ -37.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% ▼ -31.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 28.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.8% of the population, a figure that is lower than most areas and slightly below the national average of 2.8%.
1.8%
Lower than 60% 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 Upper Plenty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22617/upper-plenty/topic/community