7.6% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Whittlesea · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Whittlesea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Whittlesea than in most similar areas. Only 7.6% of residents give their time to volunteering, a figure that has fallen since 2011. However, local residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care for children compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 7.6% of people in Whittlesea volunteer, which is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%. This level of participation is among the lowest for areas of this type and has fallen by 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 29.5% of people caring for children, well above the national figure of 26.3%. While 12.8% provide other types of unpaid care, only 19.0% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is a little below the national rate.
12.8% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.5% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% ▼ -1.5%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 19.0%
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.
A small minority of the population has served in the Defence Force. At 1.2%, this is among the lowest rates for similar areas and sits a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.2%
Lower than 94% of council (lga) 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 Whittlesea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA27070/whittlesea/topic/community