17.4% ▼ -22.3%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wonthaggi - Inverloch · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Wonthaggi - Inverloch
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the Victorian average for volunteering, Wonthaggi - Inverloch is a place where 17.4% of residents give their time to help others. While this rate is much higher than the national figure, it has dropped from 22.4% over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.4% of people here volunteer, which is well above both the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%. This is higher than most similar areas, though the rate fell 5.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.8% of people providing care, a figure that rose since 2011. This is among the highest for its level, alongside a much higher than average 26.0% of residents who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
14.8% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.9% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 26.0%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for similar areas, with 3.2% of the population having served. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0% and about the same as the national average of 2.8%.
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 Wonthaggi - Inverloch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205031093/wonthaggi-inverloch/topic/community