16.5% ▼ -28.6%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
San Remo · Urban Centre
Community Participation in San Remo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A decline in local volunteering and childcare roles has marked a shift in San Remo since 2011. While 16.5% of residents still volunteer, this is down from 23.1% a decade ago. Despite these drops, the area remains more active in community support than the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering sits at 16.5%, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 23.1% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.5% of people providing it, a figure well above the national average. While 24.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the 20.1% in Victoria—those caring for children unpaid fell to 23.8% since 2011.
15.5% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 24.8%
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.
Defence service is slightly more common here than in the rest of the state, with 3.7% of people having served in the Defence Force.
3.7%
Higher than 53% 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 San Remo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215077/san-remo/topic/community