24.0% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wattle Bank · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wattle Bank
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Wattle Bank volunteer, making it a highly active community. This spirit of helping others is reflected in the high number of people who provide unpaid care and housework for their families.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 24% of residents giving their time. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and well above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family care is a major part of life in Wattle Bank, where 33.9% of people care for children unpaid. This is well above the national figure, while 37.5% do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework, which is far above the rest of the country.
15.1% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.9% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.5% ▲ +32.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 37.5%
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 residents in this area have served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the figures for both Victoria and 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 Wattle Bank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22724/wattle-bank/topic/community