15.1% ▼ -33.0%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St Andrews · Urban Centre
Community Participation in St Andrews
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have fallen by 7.4 percentage points since 2011 in St Andrews (L). While 15.1% of residents now volunteer, this is lower than most similar areas, even though it remains slightly above the Victorian figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Current volunteering sits at 15.1%, which is about the same as the national figure of 14.1%. This reflects a notable drop from 2011, when 22.5% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high proportion of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, at 26.7%, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 25.5% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a rate nearly identical to both the state and national figures.
13.2% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 26.7%
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 people in the area have served in the Defence Force, with only 1.9% of residents doing so. This is much lower than most similar areas.
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 St Andrews [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222086/st-andrews/topic/community