12.6% ▼ -44.8%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Smythesdale · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Smythesdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of residents in Smythesdale spend their time on unpaid care and housework. While 31.2% look after children without pay, volunteering has fallen sharply since 2011. This shift highlights a community where domestic responsibilities now take up more space in daily life than they used to.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped significantly over the last decade, falling 10 points since 2011 to 12.6%. This is much lower than most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the Victorian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here; 27.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. This trend is consistent with the fact that 15.8% provide some form of unpaid care, a figure that has risen since 2011.
15.8% ▲ +40.7%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.2% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 27.1%
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.
Serving in the Defence Force is more common in Smythesdale than in most other areas. At 4.7%, this is a little above both the Victorian and national figures.
4.7%
Higher than 74% 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 Smythesdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221066/smythesdale/topic/community