26.9% ▼ -23.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Waldara · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Waldara
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping out defines daily life in Waldara, where community involvement is far more common than in most areas. Nearly 27% of residents volunteer their time, which is double the national rate.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.9% of people giving their time. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Residents often take on unpaid roles at home, with 28.8% doing over 15 hours of housework a week, which is well above the national figure. Similarly, the rates of people providing unpaid care or looking after children are both a little above the state and national averages.
14.6% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.8% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 28.8%
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.
Defence service is seen in 2.4% of the population, a figure that is about the same as the 2% to 3% seen across Victoria and Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 55% 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 Waldara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22650/waldara/topic/community