15.8% ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wangaratta · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wangaratta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Wangaratta has remained steady over the last decade, with a strong focus on caregiving. Local residents are more likely to provide unpaid care than people in most other similar areas, though volunteering rates are slightly lower than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A total of 15.8% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common in Wangaratta, with 14.7% of people doing so, which is higher than most other areas. This sits alongside 25.5% of residents caring for children unpaid, a figure about the same as the national average.
14.7% ▲ +19.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 21.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.1% of the population, which is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Wangaratta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22680/wangaratta/topic/community