15.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.3%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wail · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wail
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one third of people in Wail provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. While community involvement is present, the area has a lower rate of volunteering than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the figures for both Victoria and Australia, though this is lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 30.8% of people providing unpaid care for children, well above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, the share of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework is much lower than most areas at 15.4%.
10.3% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.8% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.4% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 15.4%
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 community 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 Wail [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22646/wail/topic/community