9.3% ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wallan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wallan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high number of parents providing unpaid childcare shapes daily life in Wallan. While 34.4% of people here care for children without pay, this is well above the national figure of 26.3%. However, community volunteering is much lower than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.3% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Victorian average of 13.3% and much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The rate of people providing unpaid care is 12.8%, about the same as the national figure. While many residents care for children, only 21.0% spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a rate lower than most areas.
12.8% ▲ +23.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.4% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 21.0%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 2.3% of the population, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.3%
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 Wallan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22661/wallan/topic/community