14.6% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 62% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Geelong · Urban Area
Community Participation in Geelong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Geelong than in most similar areas. While 13.4% of the population helps others without pay, the number of local volunteers has dropped to 14.6%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Local volunteering has fallen by 3 percentage points since 2011. At 14.6%, this is lower than most areas, though it remains a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A significant 28.1% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is much higher than most areas. Unpaid care for others has also risen to 13.4%, while 21.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
13.4% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 65% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.1% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 82% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 54% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 21.9%
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 uncommon here, with only 2.5% of people having served. This is much lower than most similar areas and sits slightly below the national figure of 2.8%.
2.5%
Lower than 84% of urban area 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 Geelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2008/geelong/topic/community