14.7% ▼ -34.8%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Heathcote · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Heathcote
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher proportion of veterans live in Heathcote than in most other similar areas. While 5.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, other forms of community contribution have seen a sharp decline, particularly in unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped significantly in Heathcote, falling from 22.5% in 2011 to 14.7% in 2021. This figure is lower than most similar areas, though it remains a little above the Victorian rate of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The number of people providing unpaid childcare has plummeted by 20 percentage points since 2011 to just 14.6%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 13.3% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, a rate that has barely changed over the last decade.
13.3% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.6% ▼ -57.5%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is a standout feature here, with 5.1% of the population having served. This is well above the 2.0% seen across Victoria and higher than the national average.
5.1%
Higher than 79% 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 Heathcote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215038/heathcote/topic/community