11.9% ▼ -29.8%
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wendouree - Miners Rest · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Wendouree - Miners Rest
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher-than-usual number of people provide unpaid care in Wendouree - Miners Rest, where 13.9% of residents look after others. While many residents help out at home, formal volunteering has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.9% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a drop of 5.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.9% of people providing support, which is much higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 25.4% look after children unpaid and 20.8% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are about the same as the state and national figures.
13.9% ▲ +19.8%
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 20.8%
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.
Around 3.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Victoria figure of 2.0% and about the same as the national average.
3.0%
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Wendouree - Miners Rest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/201011008/wendouree-miners-rest/topic/community