17.4% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 77% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Portland · Urban Area
Community Participation in Portland
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 17% of people in Portland give their time to volunteering, which is well above the national figure. This strong spirit of community service defines daily life here, though fewer residents provide unpaid childcare compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Portland, with 17.4% of residents helping out. This is much higher than most areas and well above the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.6% of people providing care and 23.5% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. However, the 22.5% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
13.6% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 72% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 79% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 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.
About 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Victorian average of 2.0%.
3.0%
Lower than 57% 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 Portland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2014/portland/topic/community