34.5% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.2%
- 2016: 62.2%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Konongwootong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Konongwootong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
An exceptionally high rate of volunteering defines the community spirit in Konongwootong. More than a third of the population give their time to others, a figure that dwarfs both the state and national averages. This strong local engagement is paired with a high proportion of people managing unpaid family duties at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is remarkably common here, with 34.5% of people pitching in. This is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents handle unpaid work, with 30.9% caring for children and 27.3% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above the state and national figures. However, the 7.3% of people providing unpaid care is much lower than most areas.
7.3% ▼ -55.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.9% ▼ -22.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.9%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
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 Konongwootong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21379/konongwootong/topic/community