14.9% ▼ -45.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Waubra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Waubra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care than most similar areas define the community involvement in Waubra. While 15.7% of people provide unpaid care, this is well above the national figure of 11.9%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas but sits a little above the Victorian rate of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.7% of people providing support, a figure well above the Australian average. This includes 25.7% of people caring for children unpaid and 22.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
15.7% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -18.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -35.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 22.1%
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.
Around 2.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2% seen across Victoria.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Waubra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22729/waubra/topic/community