9.3% ▼ -33.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Wharf · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South Wharf
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 9.3% of people in South Wharf volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This small area sees much lower levels of community and unpaid work than most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are much lower than most areas, sitting at 9.3%, which is well below both the Victorian average of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 5.6% providing care and 18.5% caring for children unpaid. This is well below the national figure of 26.3% for childcare and 11.9% for general care.
5.6% ▲ —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% ▲ +31.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.8% ▲ +53.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 14.8%
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 lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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 South Wharf [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22313/south-wharf/topic/community