18.8% ▼ -27.2%
Higher than 80% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wangaratta - Benalla · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Wangaratta - Benalla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Wangaratta - Benalla volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This region shows a strong tendency towards unpaid contributions, from community work to caring for others. While volunteering has dropped since 2011, the area remains much more active in these roles than most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.8% of people volunteer here, a figure that is well above both the Victorian and Australian averages. However, this level of participation has fallen by 7.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 15.0% of people providing care—a rate among the highest for similar areas. While those caring for children are a little below the state average at 24.0%, 24.1% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure.
15.0% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 80% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 24.1%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 3.4% of the population having served. This is a little above the Victorian average of 2.0% and slightly higher than the Australian figure.
3.4%
Higher than 64% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Wangaratta - Benalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20402/wangaratta-benalla/topic/community