24.6% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lake Wendouree · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lake Wendouree
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering and unpaid care set Lake Wendouree apart from most similar areas. About 24.6% of people here volunteer, which is far above the Victorian and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.6% of residents giving their time, far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much more common than in most areas, with 16.8% of people providing care—well above the national figure of 11.9%. About 23.3% also do 15 or more hours of housework, which is a little above the Australian average.
16.8% ▲ +27.9%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
Around 2.7% of people in Lake Wendouree have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Lake Wendouree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21447/lake-wendouree/topic/community