27.6% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wallup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wallup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly half of adults in Wallup perform unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This highlights a community where residents are heavily involved in supporting families and volunteering their time. Most people here contribute significantly to the home and the wider area through unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Wallup, with 27.6% of people helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is a major part of life here, as 34.5% of people provide unpaid care and 48.3% care for children. These figures are far above the state and national averages, which both sit around 12% to 26%. Similarly, 37.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is also far above the national figure of 20.7%.
34.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
48.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.9% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 37.9%
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 Wallup has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and sits a little below the national figure 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 Wallup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22664/wallup/topic/community