8.7% ▼ -27.4%
Lower than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wyndham · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Wyndham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid childcare in Wyndham than in most similar areas, though broader community involvement is low. Only 8.7% of residents volunteer, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and sits well below the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much less common here than in other areas, with only 8.7% of people pitching in. This is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 33.9% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, only 10.4% provide other types of unpaid care, which is a little below the state average.
10.4% ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.9% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 96% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 64% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 19.8%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force. At 1.4%, this is much lower than in most other areas and a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
1.4%
Lower than 89% 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 Wyndham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21305/wyndham/topic/community