25.4% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Chetwynd · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Chetwynd
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Chetwynd volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands out in a place where other forms of unpaid care and service are much lower than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25.4% of people volunteer here, a rate that is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and much higher than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is quite low in the area, with only 5.1% of people providing care and 16.9% caring for children, both of which are well below the national figures.
5.1% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.9% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.9% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 16.9%
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.
No one in Chetwynd has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Victorian and Australian averages.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Chetwynd [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20546/chetwynd/topic/community