20.4% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wallace · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wallace
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines Wallace, where 20.4% of people give their time to others. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria, marking the area as a place where residents are much more likely to participate in community work than those in the state or nation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in five people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid care for others is a little above the national figure at 14.0%, this is a place where far fewer people provide unpaid childcare or do heavy housework compared to the state average.
14.0% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.4% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.6% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 15.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.9% of the population, which is a little above the 2.8% national average and higher than most other areas.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Wallace [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22656/wallace/topic/community