14.8% ▼ -27.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Vermont South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Vermont South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Vermont South has remained steady, with 14.8% of residents volunteering. While this is lower than most similar areas, it is slightly above the Victorian average. The local area shows typical patterns of unpaid care and service compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14.8% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 25.5% of residents caring for children, about the same as the national figure. Meanwhile, 13.3% provide some form of unpaid care, and 22.4% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is a little above the state average.
13.3% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 22.4%
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.
Only 1.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most similar areas and a little below the national average of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower 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 Vermont South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22628/vermont-south/topic/community