8.1% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Waterford Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Waterford Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 8.1% of people volunteer in Waterford Park, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This low rate of community volunteering is the standout feature of local participation. Other aspects of community and unpaid work in the area sit closer to the typical figures seen across Victoria.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very low here, with only 8.1% of residents pitching in. This is well below the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much lower than most areas at 19.2%, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 22.7% of people do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, a little above the Victorian average of 20.1%.
11.0% ▲ +11.1%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.2% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 22.7%
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.
About 3.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 55% 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 Waterford Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22717/waterford-park/topic/community