7.8% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 96% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Whittlesea - Wallan · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Whittlesea - Wallan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7.8% of people in Whittlesea - Wallan volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This lack of community volunteering stands in contrast to a high number of residents who provide unpaid care for others in their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 2.4 percentage points since 2011. At 7.8%, the rate is now well below the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 29.9% of people providing it—well above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 12.8% of residents provide other forms of unpaid care, a figure that has risen since 2011.
12.8% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 62% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.9% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 83% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 70% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 19.3%
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.
Only 1.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most other areas. This is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.2%
Lower than 92% 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 Whittlesea - Wallan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20904/whittlesea-wallan/topic/community