13.3% ▼ -31.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
West Wodonga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in West Wodonga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care and military service in West Wodonga than in most similar areas. While volunteering rates match the state and national figures, the area stands out for its high proportion of former and current Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.3% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and roughly the same as the typical figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 14.2% of people providing care and 28.0% looking after children. Meanwhile, 20.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, a figure about the same as the state and national averages.
14.2% ▲ +18.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 20.1%
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.
Military service is much more common in West Wodonga than in most areas. At 5.8%, the share of people who served in the Defence Force is well above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
5.8%
Higher than 86% 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).
More for West Wodonga
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in West Wodonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22758/west-wodonga/topic/community