13.3% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Victoria Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Victoria Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual share of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 4.5% of the Victoria Point population having this experience. While military service is a standout feature, other forms of community involvement and unpaid care are closer to state and national norms.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.3% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than in most similar areas and slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 23.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the 20.7% seen across Australia. Other care roles are more typical, as 13.1% provide general unpaid care and 24.2% care for children.
13.1% ▲ +18.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
The 4.5% of residents who have served in the Defence Force is much higher than in most similar areas and sits a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Victoria Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32943/victoria-point/topic/community