18.0% ▼ -56.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.2%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Walpa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Walpa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 18% of people in Walpa now volunteer, a rate that has grown and sits well above the national figure. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, though this is balanced by a lower-than-average number of people caring for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 20.3% of people provide unpaid childcare—well below the national figure of 26.3%—a higher than usual 27.8% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. General unpaid care is slightly less common here than in the rest of the country at 10.5%.
10.5% ▼ -48.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.3% ▼ -45.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.2%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.8% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 27.8%
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.
Defence veterans make up 2.3% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Walpa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22666/walpa/topic/community