17.4% ▼ -26.2%
Higher than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wellington · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Wellington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher levels of community contribution define Wellington, where locals are far more likely to volunteer and serve in the military than in most other areas. While 17.4% of people volunteer, this figure has fallen by 6.2 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The 17.4% of residents who volunteer is well above the Victoria figure of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%. This represents a higher rate of volunteering than most similar areas, despite the local trend falling since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing unpaid care are much more common here than in most areas, with 13.9% of residents helping others. This is seen alongside a high rate of housework, as 24.5% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid home tasks weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
13.9% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 84% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 67% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 85% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 24.5%
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.
A strong history of military service is evident in Wellington, where 5.4% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is among the highest rates for areas of this size and is well above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
5.4%
Higher than 90% 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 Wellington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20505/wellington/topic/community