24.4% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wensleydale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wensleydale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of giving defines Wensleydale, where nearly one in four people volunteer. This is far above the national figure and marks the area as one of the most active for community work among similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.4% of residents volunteer, which is far above the 14.1% national figure and much higher than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While about 25.6% of people provide unpaid childcare—similar to the Victorian average—a very high 37.2% do over 15 hours of housework weekly. However, only 7.7% provide other unpaid care, which is well below the national figure.
7.7% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.2% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 37.2%
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 rate that 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 Wensleydale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22746/wensleydale/topic/community