13.6% ▼ -30.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Viewbank · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Viewbank
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care than most similar areas define Viewbank. While volunteering is typical for the region, a significant number of residents spend their time supporting others in the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of people in Viewbank volunteer, which is lower than most areas and roughly the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 32.1% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure well above the national and state average of 26.3%. This aligns with a higher-than-usual 15.4% of residents providing general unpaid care and 25.4% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly.
15.4% ▲ +24.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.1% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 25.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.2% of the population, which is around the middle for its level and about the same as the Victorian average.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Viewbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22633/viewbank/topic/community