17.9% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wehla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wehla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of unpaid care and volunteering defines the community in Wehla. While only 10.3% of people provide unpaid childcare, a quarter of the population provides some form of unpaid care, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.9% of people in Wehla volunteer, a figure that is well above both the Victorian average of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 25.6% of people providing unpaid care and 35.9% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are far above the national figures. In contrast, those caring for children unpaid are far below the national average at just 10.3%.
25.6% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.3% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.9% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 35.9%
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 Wehla has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for 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 Wehla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22739/wehla/topic/community