8.7% ▼ -27.5%
Lower than 92% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wyndham · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Wyndham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high number of parents and caregivers shape daily life in Wyndham, where 34.2% of people provide unpaid childcare. This is well above the national figure, although other forms of community contribution are less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest in similar areas, with only 8.7% of people helping out. This is well below the 14.1% national figure and has fallen 3.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 34.2% of residents provide unpaid childcare—a rate well above the Victoria average—other care roles are less common. Only 10.4% of people provide general unpaid care, which is a little below the national figure.
10.4% ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.2% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 19.9%
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 much lower than in most areas, with 1.4% of the population having served. This is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 90% 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 Wyndham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA27260/wyndham/topic/community