16.9% ▼ -49.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wangandary · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wangandary
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and volunteering set Wangandary apart from the rest of the state. This is a community where people contribute significant time to others, with 17.5% providing unpaid care and 16.9% volunteering their time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.9% of residents helping out, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents handle significant unpaid work, with 29.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly—well above the national figure. This trend extends to child care, where 28.6% of people provide unpaid care for children.
17.5% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.1% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 29.1%
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.
Defence service is much more common in Wangandary than in most areas, with 5.2% of people having served, which is well above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
5.2%
Higher than 82% 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 Wangandary [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22678/wangandary/topic/community