17.5% ▼ -21.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Waurn Ponds · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Waurn Ponds
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Waurn Ponds has remained steady, with 17.5% of residents now giving their time to volunteer. This is well above both the Victorian and national figures. While the area follows broader trends in unpaid care, it has a notably lower rate of people spending long hours on housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is strong in Waurn Ponds, where 17.5% of people help out, a figure well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 12.3% of residents provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure. While 25.4% look after children unpaid, the 18.3% who spend 15 or more hours on housework is much lower than most other areas.
12.3% ▲ +8.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▼ -30.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 18.3%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.8%, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Waurn Ponds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22730/waurn-ponds/topic/community