9.7% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Altona (Western Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Altona (Western Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Altona (Western Metropolitan) spend their time caring for children than in most other similar areas. While unpaid family work is common, formal volunteering has declined and is now well below the national figure. This suggests a community where daily life is heavily focused on the home and family.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.7% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This figure has fallen 2.1 percentage points since 2011 and sits well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is a major activity here, with 34.0% of people providing this care—well above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 20.8% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
11.4% ▲ +16.2%
Lower than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.0% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 50% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 20.8%
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.
Only 1.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 83% 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 Altona (Western Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED20207/altona/topic/community