19.3% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gippsland East (Eastern Victoria) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Gippsland East (Eastern Victoria)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people volunteer in Gippsland East, a rate well above the national figure. This area shows a strong trend of community contribution, though unpaid care for children has fallen since 2011. Local residents are also more likely than most to have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 19.3% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and has remained steady since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 22.0%, down 10 points since 2011. Conversely, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (26.5%) and those providing unpaid care (14.4%) are both well above state and national levels.
14.4% ▲ +28.5%
Higher than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% ▼ -31.2%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.5% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 26.5%
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 much more common here than in most similar areas. About 3.9% of residents have served, which is a little above the 2.8% national figure.
3.9%
Higher than 77% 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 Gippsland East (Eastern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED23502/gippsland-east/topic/community