20.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Whitelaw · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Whitelaw
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in five people in Whitelaw volunteer their time, making it a place with much higher community involvement than most Australian areas. While few have served in the military, many residents spend significant time on unpaid work at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20% of the community volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and the Victorian rate of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 32% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 12% provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
12.0% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.0% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 32.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the Victorian and national averages.
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 Whitelaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22771/whitelaw/topic/community