20.9% —
Higher than 96% of federal electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wannon · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Wannon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving back is a huge part of daily life in Wannon, where 20.9% of people volunteer. This rate is well above the national figure and among the highest for similar areas, showing a strong culture of helping others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.9% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 24.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the national average. This is consistent with 14.1% of residents providing unpaid care, which is a little above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
14.1% —
Higher than 93% of federal electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% —
Lower than 68% of federal electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% —
Higher than 88% of federal electorate areas.
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.
Defence service is around the middle for similar areas, with 2.7% of people having served, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.7%
Lower than 52% of federal electorate 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 Wannon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED238/wannon/topic/community