17.1% ▼ -27.8%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Portland · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Portland
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the Victorian average of 13.3%, 17.1% of people in Portland volunteer their time. This high level of community work exists alongside a notable drop in those caring for children unpaid, which fell by 15 points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.1% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure. This is a decline from 2011, when 23.7% of the community gave their time.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than the national figure at 22.0%. Meanwhile, 13.6% of people provide unpaid care, a figure that has risen since 2011 and sits slightly above the Australian average.
13.6% ▲ +24.5%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% ▼ -40.6%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 22.8%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 3.1% of the population, which is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
3.1%
Lower than 63% of urban centre 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/ucl/UCL213012/portland/topic/community