41.4% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Walhalla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Walhalla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than four in ten people in Walhalla volunteer, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This strong level of community involvement stands out against a much lower national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 41.4% of people giving their time. This is far above the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 17.2% of people providing support, well above the national figure of 11.9%. However, those caring for children unpaid are far below the national average at 13.8%.
17.2% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.8% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 24.1%
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 area 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 Walhalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22651/walhalla/topic/community