21.5% ▼ -11.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ventnor · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ventnor
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Ventnor volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is reflected in the way locals contribute to the area and support one another through unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.5% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above both the Victorian and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While fewer people care for children unpaid compared to most areas, 29.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is much higher than the national figure. About 14.4% of people provide some form of unpaid care, slightly more than the state and national averages.
14.4% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.8% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 29.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.7% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Victorian average.
3.7%
Higher than 66% 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 Ventnor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22625/ventnor/topic/community