13.5% ▼ -19.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wantirna · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wantirna
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher than most areas, 30.7% of people in Wantirna provide unpaid childcare. This suggests a strong focus on family care within the community, even while other forms of volunteering and service remain typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of residents volunteer, a figure that is lower than most similar areas but about the same as the Victorian and national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.5% of people provide general unpaid care, the most striking figure is the 30.7% who care for children, which is well above the 26.3% seen across Australia and Victoria. Meanwhile, 22.4% do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is a little above the national figure.
13.5% ▲ +18.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▲ +20.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▲ +5.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 22.4%
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 service is common for the area, with 2.1% of people having served, which is about the same as the rate for Victoria.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Wantirna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22685/wantirna/topic/community