17.6% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Orbost · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Orbost
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Orbost spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This high level of home activity is a key feature of the local community, which also sees a strong rate of volunteering and caregiving.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.6% of people volunteer their time, which is well above the figures for both Victoria and Australia, though this is 1.3 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 18.2%, while 14.1% of people provide other unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure.
14.1% ▲ +17.5%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.2% ▼ -24.8%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.5% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 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 have served in the Defence Force make up 3.9% of the population, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
3.9%
Higher than 58% 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 Orbost [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215066/orbost/topic/community