11.3% ▼ -17.3%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Waterways · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Waterways
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 30.1% of people in Waterways provide unpaid childcare. This high level of family care stands out in a community where other forms of volunteering and unpaid service are generally less common than in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.3% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most other areas and a little below the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 30.1% of people provide unpaid childcare—well above the 26.3% national average—those providing other types of unpaid care are fewer, at 11.9%. This is lower than most areas and a little below the state figure.
11.9% ▲ +13.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.1% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▲ +3.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 19.9%
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 less common here than in most areas, with 1.4% of people having served. This is about the same as the Victorian figure of 2.0% but a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Waterways [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22720/waterways/topic/community