16.0% ▼ -39.7%
Higher than 61% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sale · Urban Area
Community Participation in Sale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 16% of people in Sale volunteer, which is higher than most similar areas. While community giving has dropped since 2011, the area remains more active in unpaid work and service than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most other areas, though the proportion of people helping out fell 11 percentage points since 2011 to 16%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a big part of life in Sale, with 14.4% of people providing care and 23.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both figures well above the national average.
14.4% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 90% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▼ -14.6%
Higher than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 76% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 23.3%
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 very common in Sale, where 7.7% of people have served. This is well above the 2% seen across Victoria and the 2.8% national figure.
7.7%
Higher than 99% 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 Sale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2015/sale/topic/community