Finding 2019 COVID-19
Volunteering participation Victorians 15 years and older42.1% (2.3 million)21.0% (1.1 million)
Hours volunteered per month18.7 hours per volunteer13.5 hours per volunteer
Total volunteering hours 507.7 million hours182.4 million hours (annualised)
Volunteering for a not-for-profit organisation28.9% of Victorians volunteered - 12.8 hours/month on average8.8% of Victorians volunteered - 9.9 hours/month on average
Volunteering for a government organisation10.0% of Victorians volunteered - 12.2 hours/month on average2.9% of Victorians volunteered - 8.3 hours/month on average
Volunteering for a private/ commercial organisation8.6% of Victorians volunteered - 8.4 hours/month on average 3.0% of Victorians volunteered - 9.4 hours/month on average
Volunteering for people in your community, excluding family members (informal volunteering)25.3% of Victorians volunteered - 9.0 hours/month on average 14.1% of Victorians volunteered - 10.0 hours/month on average
Top 5 reasons volunteers stated that prevented them from volunteering more1.       Limited time1.       Concerns about health risk
2.       Work commitments2.       Family commitments
3.       Family commitments3.       Limited time
4.       General health4.       Work commitments
5.       Preference for paid work5.       Travel
Top 5 reasons non-volunteers stated that prevented them from volunteering more1.       Limited time1.       Concerns about health risk
2.       Work commitments2.       Limited time
3.       Never been asked3.       General health
4.       Family commitments4.       Work commitments
5.       Lack of interest / don’t want to5.       Never been asked
Where Victorians volunteer16.9% online44.1% online
66.0% local community45.0% local community
11.4% elsewhere Victoria7.6% elsewhere Victoria
5.1% elsewhere Australia/global2.6% elsewhere Australia/global