23.4% ▲ +27.7%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sawmill Settlement · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Sawmill Settlement
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have risen by 5.1 percentage points since 2011 in Sawmill Settlement, reaching 23.4%. This is a striking figure that sits far above the Victorian average. While community spirit is high, the proportion of people providing unpaid care is much lower than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost one quarter of people here volunteer, which is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and well above the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people provide unpaid care, at 8.3%, which is well below the national figure. Meanwhile, those caring for children unpaid fell to 23.4% since 2011, a result a little below the state and national averages.
8.3% ▲ +6.3%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 20.3%
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 2.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the Australian average but much lower than in most similar areas.
2.6%
Lower than 76% 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 Sawmill Settlement [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222082/sawmill-settlement/topic/community