13.1% ▼ -25.7%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wheelers Hill · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Wheelers Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Wheelers Hill involves a high level of unpaid work at home, though formal community volunteering has dropped. Around 22.2% of residents spend 15 hours or more each week on housework, which is more than most other areas. This suggests a community where much of the daily effort is focused on the home and family.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen 4.5 percentage points since 2011 to 13.1%. This figure is now lower than most areas and sits slightly below the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 13.5% of people doing so, a figure that has risen since 2011. This is higher than most areas, alongside 25.7% of residents who provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
13.5% ▲ +17.8%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 22.2%
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.
Very few people in Wheelers Hill have served in the Defence Force, at just 1.6%. This is much lower than most other areas and sits a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 80% 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 Wheelers Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/212051327/wheelers-hill/topic/community