18.0% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caulfield (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Caulfield (Southern Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher levels of volunteering than most similar areas mark Caulfield (Southern Metropolitan) as a community that gives back. About 18.0% of residents volunteer, which is well above both the Victorian and national figures. This strong spirit of service exists alongside a lower-than-average tendency for residents to perform heavy unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.0% of people helping out, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this rate has fallen by 2.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 13.2% of residents provide unpaid care, a figure that is higher than most areas and has risen since 2011. In contrast, only 16.5% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well below the national figure.
13.2% ▲ +14.7%
Higher than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.5% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 16.5%
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 rare in the area, with only 1.1% of people having served. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower than 93% 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 Caulfield (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21906/caulfield/topic/community