10.6% —
Lower than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pascoe Vale (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Pascoe Vale (Northern Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Pascoe Vale spend their spare time volunteering compared to other areas, with only 10.6% of residents doing so. This reflects a decline in community-led activity across the suburb, as the volunteer rate has fallen by 4 percentage points since 2016.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.6% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is well below the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is more common than in most areas, with 12.9% of people providing this support. However, those caring for children (24.5%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (18.5%) are both a little below the national figures.
12.9% —
Higher than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% —
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.5% —
Lower than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 18.5%
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 Pascoe Vale, where just 1.1% of people have served. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and sits a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower than 94% 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 Pascoe Vale (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED26603/pascoe-vale/topic/community