14.6% ▼ -18.7%
Higher than 50% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Albert Park (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Albert Park (Southern Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Albert Park compared to the state average. While 14.6% of the community volunteer, the area stands out for having a much lower proportion of residents performing unpaid childcare and housework than most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and similar to the national rate. This is down from 17.9% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in other areas. Only 16.9% of people care for children unpaid and 13.7% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well below the state and national figures.
9.9% ▲ +22.0%
Lower than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.9% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.7% ▲ +19.0%
Lower than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 13.7%
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 the area, with 1.5% of people having served. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 87% 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 Albert Park (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED20106/albert-park/topic/community