14.1% —
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wodonga · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Wodonga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strikingly high 5.7% of people in Wodonga have served in the Defence Force, which is among the highest rates for areas of this size. Most other forms of community involvement in the city align closely with Victorian and national trends. This creates a local profile where military service is far more common than the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of people here volunteer, a figure that is about the same as both the Victorian and national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 14.4% of people providing it—a rate much higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 25.2% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is a little below the national figure of 26.3%.
14.4% —
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.2% —
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% —
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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.
Military service is very prominent here, with 5.7% of the population having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2.0% seen across Victoria and a little above the national average.
5.7%
Higher than 90% 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 Wodonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204031492/wodonga/topic/community