17.1% ▼ -24.5%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Allansford · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Allansford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 31.6% of people in Allansford (L) provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above both the Victorian and national averages. This high level of family care is the most striking part of a community profile where residents are more likely to help others through volunteering and unpaid work than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in the state or national figures, with 17.1% of residents helping out. However, this is a drop from 2011, when the rate was 22.7%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents handle significant unpaid work, with 24.3% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. While child care roles have fallen since 2011, the number of people providing other types of unpaid care rose to 14.6%.
14.6% ▲ +28.2%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.6% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.9%. This is much lower than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the Victorian figure.
1.9%
Lower than 87% 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 Allansford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221001/allansford/topic/community