18.5% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warragul West · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Warragul West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than half of the people in Warragul West provide unpaid childcare, making it a place where family care is a huge part of daily life. While volunteering is common, the most striking feature is the very high level of unpaid work and care done at home compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.5% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in this area, with 59.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the 20.7% Australian average. This sits alongside a very high rate of unpaid childcare (51.9%) and general caregiving (22.2%), both of which are far above state and national levels.
22.2% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
51.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
59.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.0% for Victoria and 2.8% for Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Warragul West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22700/warragul-west/topic/community