21.1% ▼ -40.7%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Neerim South · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Neerim South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Neerim South volunteer their time, a rate well above the national figure. This spirit of helping out extends to the home and community, where residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care and support than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.1% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% national average, though this is 14 points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 29.1% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, a figure well above the Victoria average of 20.1%. This is consistent with 15.0% of residents providing some form of unpaid care, which is much higher than most areas.
15.0% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.1% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 29.1%
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.
A higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.3% of residents having served, slightly above the 2.8% national figure.
4.3%
Higher than 68% 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 Neerim South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215063/neerim-south/topic/community