7.9% ▼ -52.2%
Lower than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Prospect · State Electorate
Community Participation in Prospect
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About one quarter of people in Prospect provide unpaid child care, making it the most common form of community contribution here. While many residents manage home and family duties, other forms of local involvement, such as volunteering, have seen a significant decline over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Prospect are among the lowest for similar areas, with only 7.9% of people helping out. This is well below the national figure of 14.1% and represents a sharp fall of 8.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 24.6% of residents provide unpaid child care, which is a little below the Australian figure. Other home duties are more typical for the area, with 20.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 11.6% providing general unpaid care.
11.6% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 50% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
Defence service is uncommon in Prospect, where only 0.8% of people have served. This is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.8%
Lower than 97% of state electorate 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 Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10070/prospect/topic/community