13.6% ▼ -31.2%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
West Wodonga · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in West Wodonga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in West Wodonga are volunteering and caring for children than they were in 2011. While these numbers have dropped, the area still has a much higher proportion of residents providing unpaid care and former Defence Force members than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of people volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the Victorian and national figures. This is a drop from 2011, when 19.8% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.3% of people providing care, a figure that is much higher than most areas. This sits alongside a higher-than-average 28.3% of people caring for children unpaid, though both these figures fell since 2011.
14.3% ▲ +18.6%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% ▼ -17.5%
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 20.3%
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 striking 5.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is among the highest levels for similar areas and is well above both the Victorian (2.0%) and Australian (2.8%) figures.
5.8%
Higher than 91% 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 West Wodonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204031073/west-wodonga/topic/community