14.5% ▼ -28.5%
Lower than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wodonga · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Wodonga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 8% of people in Wodonga have served in the Defence Force, a figure well above the national average. This highlights a strong military connection in the area, though local volunteering has fallen over the last decade. Other community activities, such as unpaid care, remain more common here than in most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped significantly since 2011, falling by 5.8 percentage points to 14.5%. This is lower than most other areas, though it remains a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in Wodonga, where 14.3% of people provide this support, a rate much higher than most areas. This is reflected in the 28.9% of residents who provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the national figure.
14.3% ▲ +19.9%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 21.1%
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.
Wodonga has one of the highest rates of military service for its level, with 7.9% of residents having served. This is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
7.9%
Higher than 99% 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 Wodonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA27170/wodonga/topic/community