16.9% ▼ -38.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wahgunyah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wahgunyah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Wahgunyah provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. This spirit of giving extends to other areas, with a high number of residents providing unpaid care and a strong presence of Defence Force veterans.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.9% of people volunteer their time, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and a little above the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 15.7% of residents providing support—a figure much higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 25.6% provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national average.
15.7% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
Service to the country is more common here than in most areas, with 4.6% of people having served in the Defence Force.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Wahgunyah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22644/wahgunyah/topic/community