15.3% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wharparilla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wharparilla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher-than-average share of residents in Wharparilla look after their homes and others without pay. While 15.3% of people volunteer—which is a little above the national figure—the most striking gap is in unpaid housework, where residents are far more likely to spend 15 hours or more each week on these tasks than those in the rest of Victoria.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.3% of the community volunteer their time. This is lower than in most similar areas, though it remains a little above both the state and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is common here, with 14% of people providing unpaid care and 26.7% caring for children, which is about the same as the national average. Notably, 28.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, a figure well above the state and national averages.
14.0% ▲ +25.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.8% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 28.8%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.1% of the population. This is a little above the Victorian figure and about the same as the Australian average.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Wharparilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22764/wharparilla/topic/community