14.7% ▼ -44.1%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cape Schanck · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Cape Schanck
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of residents in Cape Schanck balance their time with significant unpaid care and domestic duties. This is most evident in the 19.4% of people providing unpaid care, a figure that sits among the highest for similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped sharply here, falling 12 points since 2011 to reach 14.7%. This is lower than most similar areas, though it remains a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 29.5% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. While providing general unpaid care is very high at 19.4%, the 23.3% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average.
19.4% ▲ +56.6%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.5% ▲ +18.8%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 29.5%
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.
About 3.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0% and about the same as the national average of 2.8%.
3.3%
Lower than 59% 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 Cape Schanck [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221015/cape-schanck/topic/community