19.4% ▼ -39.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Walmer · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Walmer
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average for volunteering, Walmer is a place where 19.4% of people give their time to help others. Local residents are also more likely than those in other areas to provide unpaid care or have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer here, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 32.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly—far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 16% provide unpaid care, which is well above the national rate, the 19% who care for children unpaid is well below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
16.0% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.0% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.1% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 32.1%
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.
A higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force here than in most areas, with 3.8% of residents having served compared to 2.8% nationally.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Walmer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22665/walmer/topic/community