13.5% ▼ -19.9%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wantirna · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Wantirna
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Unpaid care and housework have increased since 2011 in Wantirna, with 30.5% of people now caring for children without pay. This high level of family support defines the local community’s contribution to the home, while other forms of service like volunteering have declined.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of people volunteer here, which is around the middle for similar areas and roughly the same as the national figure. This is down 3.4 percentage points from 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The proportion of people caring for children unpaid is well above the national figure at 30.5%. This is higher than most areas, and is consistent with more people providing general unpaid care (13.5%) and doing significant housework (22.3%) compared to the rest of Australia.
13.5% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.5% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 22.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.2% of the population, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the Victorian average.
2.2%
Lower than 68% 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 Wantirna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211011259/wantirna/topic/community