54.1% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.8%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Weatherboard · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Weatherboard
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than half of all people in Weatherboard volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure. This level of community involvement is among the highest for similar areas. It is a place where residents contribute heavily through both formal volunteering and unpaid care at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A striking 54.1% of residents volunteer, which is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 51.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is far above the national figure of 20.7%, and 43.2% provide unpaid childcare, which is also far above the Australian average.
18.9% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
43.2% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
51.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 51.4%
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 one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the Victorian and national averages.
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 Weatherboard [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22732/weatherboard/topic/community