13.4% ▼ -30.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glen Waverley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glen Waverley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Glen Waverley involves a mix of family duties and modest community involvement. Around 26.1% of residents provide unpaid childcare, reflecting a typical family-oriented environment for the region. Most residents maintain standard levels of volunteerism and caregiving compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates are lower than in most similar areas. About 13.4% of people volunteer their time, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common here at 26.1%, matching the state and national figures. However, the 11.4% who provide other unpaid care is lower than in most areas and a little below the Victorian average.
11.4% ▲ +4.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 21.7%
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.
Defence service is less common in Glen Waverley than in most other areas. Only 1.3% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.3%
Lower than 64% 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 Glen Waverley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21013/glen-waverley/topic/community