30.9% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 42.1%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Vectis · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Vectis
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Vectis get involved in community and family support than in most similar areas. A striking 30.9% of residents volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of engagement extends into the home, where many more people provide unpaid care and housework compared to the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30.9% of people pitching in. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family support is high, as 32.9% of people care for children unpaid and 29.5% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above national figures. However, only 10.7% provide other forms of unpaid care, which is a little below the Victorian average.
10.7% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.9% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.5% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 29.5%
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 more common in Vectis than in most similar areas, with 3.3% of people having served. This is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Vectis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22624/vectis/topic/community