31.1% ▲ +30.3%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Flinders · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Flinders
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people in Flinders volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement defines local life, with a growing number of residents dedicating their time to unpaid work and care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 31.1% of residents helping out. This is far above the 14.1% national average and has risen by 7.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life, as 14.8% of people provide care and 27.4% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, both of which are well above the national figures. In contrast, those caring for children unpaid (19.6%) are well below the national average of 26.3%.
14.8% ▲ +57.9%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% ▲ +26.4%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.4% ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 27.4%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 3.6%. This is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria and about the same as the Australian average.
3.6%
Higher than 52% 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 Flinders [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221028/flinders/topic/community