16.8% ▼ -20.0%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wavell Heights · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Wavell Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in three people in Wavell Heights provide unpaid childcare, reflecting a community heavily focused on family support. While volunteering has dropped over the last decade, residents here still give more of their time to unpaid work and community help than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.8% of people volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this level of community help has fallen by 4.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 33.4% of people providing this support, well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is alongside a higher than usual 22.8% of residents who spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
12.1% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.4% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 22.8%
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 3.2% of the population, which is higher than in most other similar areas.
3.2%
Higher than 60% 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 Wavell Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/302021034/wavell-heights/topic/community