24.2% ▼ -27.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Violet Town · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Violet Town
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 24.2% of people in Violet Town volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement marks the area as a place where residents are much more likely to give their time than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly a quarter of residents volunteer, a rate that is 11 points higher than the Victorian average and 10 points above the figure for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is common here, with 15.7% of people providing this support, well above the national figure. However, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is 16.9%, which is well below both the state and national averages.
15.7% ▲ +20.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.9% ▼ -21.6%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 23.6%
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 here than in most similar areas, with 3.3% of people having served, a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
3.3%
Higher 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 Violet Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22635/violet-town/topic/community