29.7% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wairewa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wairewa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Wairewa volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This creates a strong gap between the local area and the rest of the country, where volunteering is much less common. While community spirit is high, the area has very few people caring for children unpaid.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 29.7% of people helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common, with 34.4% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, far above the national figure of 20.7%. In contrast, only 14.1% care for children unpaid, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
9.4% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.1% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.4% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.5%
- 2021: 34.4%
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 Wairewa has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national rate 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 Wairewa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22647/wairewa/topic/community