13.7% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Prahran (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Prahran (Southern Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of unpaid care work than most similar areas define Prahran (Southern Metropolitan). While volunteering remains steady, the proportion of people providing unpaid care for children or the elderly is well below the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.7% of people here volunteer, which is around the middle for its level and similar to the figures for Victoria and Australia. This is down 1.9 percentage points from 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 13.6% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the national figure of 26.3% and down 11 points since 2011. Similarly, the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework is among the lowest at this level at 12.1%.
9.3% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.6% ▼ -45.6%
Lower than 98% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.1% ▼ -31.5%
Lower than 96% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 12.1%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.3% of the population, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.3%
Lower than 89% 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 Prahran (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED26806/prahran/topic/community