16.2% ▼ -38.2%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Portarlington - St Leonards · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Portarlington - St Leonards
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A shifting balance of unpaid work has marked Portarlington - St Leonards since 2011. While the number of volunteers and parents providing unpaid childcare has dropped, more people are now spending their time on housework and caring for others. This shift is most visible in the 14.8% of people providing unpaid care, which is much higher than in most areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this is a significant drop from 2011, when 26.2% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in most areas, at 18.3%, which is well below the 26.3% seen across Australia. In contrast, 26.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, a figure well above the state average.
14.8% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.3% ▼ -35.6%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.5% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 26.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.7% of the population, which is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
3.7%
Higher than 54% 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 Portarlington - St Leonards [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214018/portarlington-st-leonards/topic/community