15.5% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wandin North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wandin North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A significantly higher number of people are providing unpaid care in Wandin North than in most similar areas. While volunteering remains a modest part of local life, the community is marked by a strong commitment to family and household support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care duties are common here, with 31.2% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure well above the national average of 26.3%. This is alongside 24% of residents doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework and 14.8% providing other unpaid care, both of which are higher than most areas.
14.8% ▲ +29.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.2% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 24.0%
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.
Defence Force veterans make up 1.8% of the population, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Wandin North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22673/wandin-north/topic/community