15.5% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wheeler Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wheeler Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid childcare in Wheeler Heights than in most similar areas. While 34.1% of residents care for children without pay, the area is less likely to have volunteers or former Defence Force members compared to other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 15.5% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most similar areas but a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus, with 34.1% of people providing unpaid care for children, a figure well above the 26.3% national average. Those doing 15 or more hours of housework are also well above the national figure at 24.3%, though only 11.7% provide general unpaid care.
11.7% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.1% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.6%, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality 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 Wheeler Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14285/wheeler-heights/topic/community