21.9% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St Arnaud · Urban Centre
Community Participation in St Arnaud
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a fifth of people in St Arnaud volunteer their time, though this is a drop from 27.5% in 2011. This community sees much higher rates of volunteering than most other areas, while fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.9% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%. This is a much higher rate than most similar areas, even though it fell 5.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much lower than most areas at 16.8%, falling 11 percentage points since 2011. Meanwhile, 14.7% of people provide unpaid care, and 23.3% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are a little above the national figures.
14.7% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.8% ▼ -40.1%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
About 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas and is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.7%
Lower than 73% 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 St Arnaud [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215079/st-arnaud/topic/community