23.0% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wattle Range · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Wattle Range
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of the population in Wattle Range gives their time to volunteering, which is well above the national figure. This strong local commitment to helping others defines daily life here, even though the number of volunteers has dipped slightly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.0% of people volunteer, a figure that is much higher than most areas and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is down from 27.9% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people do heavy housework here than in most areas, with 25.7% spending 15 or more hours a week on it. While unpaid childcare is a little below the national figure at 24.0%, the 13.6% of people providing other unpaid care is a little above the Australian average.
13.6% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 25.7%
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 higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.3% of the population having this experience.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 Wattle Range [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA48340/wattle-range/topic/community