23.5% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wangaratta Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Wangaratta Surrounds
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Wangaratta Surrounds have dropped from 30.6% in 2011 to 23.5% recently. Despite this fall, the area remains a place where people give their time more than in most other similar regions. It is a community with high levels of unpaid care and service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in four people here volunteer, which is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and well above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 28.5% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. This sits alongside a high rate of people providing other unpaid care at 16.4%, while 27.0% care for children unpaid.
16.4% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.5% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 28.5%
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.
About 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Wangaratta Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204021067/wangaratta-surrounds/topic/community