24.6% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Zeerust · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Zeerust
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Zeerust volunteer, making it an area where community involvement is far more common than in most other places. This strong spirit of helping others extends into the home, where rates of unpaid care and housework are well above the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.6% of people pitching in. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life for many, with 22% providing care and 37.3% looking after children. These figures are far above the national average of 11.9% for general care and 26.3% for childcare.
22.0% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.3% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.8%
- 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.
Military service is much more common here than in similar areas, with 5.4% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the Victorian rate of 2%.
5.4%
Higher than 84% 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 Zeerust [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22943/zeerust/topic/community