18.6% —
Higher than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ovens Valley (Northern Victoria) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Ovens Valley (Northern Victoria)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local residents in Ovens Valley (Northern Victoria) are much more likely to volunteer than people in most other areas. While 18.6% of the community gives their time to others, this is a drop from the 25.2% recorded in 2016. This spirit of helping others extends into the home, where unpaid care is more common than in the state or national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people here volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%. This level of community involvement has fallen 6.6 percentage points since 2016.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here; 14.1% of people provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure. This is alongside a much higher rate of people doing 15 or more hours of housework than in most other areas, while unpaid childcare is a little below the state and national figures.
14.1% —
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% —
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% —
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 23.5%
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.
A higher number of people in Ovens Valley (Northern Victoria) have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 3.2%, this is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
3.2%
Higher than 60% 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 Ovens Valley (Northern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED26504/ovens-valley/topic/community