24.5% ▼ -14.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Waaia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Waaia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people in Waaia contribute to their community compared to most other areas. Roughly one in four residents volunteers, and nearly 38% provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.5% of people helping out, which is far above the Victorian rate of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare duties are a major part of life in Waaia, as 37.7% of people provide unpaid care for children—far above the national figure of 26.3%. About 24.5% of residents also spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, while 13.5% provide other types of unpaid care.
13.5% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.7% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 24.5%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.0% of the population, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the 2.8% national average.
1.0%
Lower than 68% 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 Waaia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22639/waaia/topic/community