18.8% ▼ -37.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wemen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wemen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost one in five people in Wemen give their time to volunteering, making it a place where community contribution is much more common than in the rest of the state. This spirit of helping out is a key part of local life, with 18.8% of residents volunteering their time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 18.8%, the volunteer rate in Wemen is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While about 25.7% of people provide unpaid childcare—similar to the rest of Australia—other forms of unpaid work are much less common. Only 7.9% of residents provide unpaid care and 12.9% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below state and national levels.
7.9% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.9% ▼ -45.4%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 12.9%
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.
A higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.0%, this is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Wemen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22744/wemen/topic/community