60.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wedderburn Junction · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wedderburn Junction
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
An impressive 60% of people volunteer in Wedderburn Junction, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community spirit defines the area, though there are very few people here who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Six in ten residents volunteer their time, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas and far above the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 20% of people providing care and 30% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well above national figures. However, no one here is recorded as caring for children unpaid, which is far below the national average of 26.3%.
20.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
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 have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and a little below the 2.8% national average.
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 Wedderburn Junction [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22734/wedderburn-junction/topic/community