23.5% ▼ -19.2%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Apollo Bay · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Apollo Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer here than in most similar areas, making Apollo Bay a place with high community spirit. While 23.5% of residents volunteer, this is a drop from 29.0% back in 2011. The area also has a much lower rate of unpaid childcare than the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost a quarter of residents (23.5%) volunteer, which is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and well above the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in most areas, at 19.4%, which is well below the national figure. Meanwhile, 11.6% provide some form of unpaid care, a slight rise since 2011.
11.6% ▲ +10.1%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 23.1%
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 2.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
2.0%
Lower than 86% 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 Apollo Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215004/apollo-bay/topic/community