15.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St Kilda · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in St Kilda
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in St Kilda volunteer or care for children than in most similar areas. While 16.7% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is well above the national figure, others like volunteering and housework are less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of residents volunteer, a figure that is lower than most similar areas. This is a little above the Australian average of 14.1%, but slightly below the South Australian rate of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is very low here at 12.8%, which is far below both state and national figures. Similarly, 17.9% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is much lower than in most other areas.
16.7% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.8% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.9% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 17.9%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas and well below the South Australian figure of 3.2%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 St Kilda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41371/st-kilda/topic/community