19.2% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.7%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Whanregarwen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Whanregarwen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Whanregarwen give their time to others than in most similar areas. Local residents are particularly likely to volunteer, with 19.2% doing so—a figure well above the national average of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer here, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.5% of residents provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure, 25% spend 15 or more hours on unpaid housework—well above the Australian average of 20.7%. Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in most areas, at just 22.1%.
12.5% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.1% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
Serving in the Defence Force is much more common here than elsewhere, with 7.8% of people having served, well above the 2.8% national figure.
7.8%
Higher than 91% 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 Whanregarwen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22763/whanregarwen/topic/community