20.1% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Heyfield · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Heyfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About one in five people in Heyfield volunteer their time, which is a much higher rate than across the rest of the country. This community spirit is a key feature of the area, even though the number of volunteers has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 20.1%, volunteers in Heyfield are well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%. This is higher than most similar areas, though the rate fell 5.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 24.6% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, unpaid childcare is a little below the state average at 23.4%, while those providing other unpaid care rose slightly to 13.0% since 2011.
13.0% ▲ +17.6%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 24.6%
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 4.0% of the population. This is higher than most areas and sits a little above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
4.0%
Higher than 61% 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 Heyfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215039/heyfield/topic/community