21.8% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Whitfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Whitfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 21.8% of people volunteer in Whitfield, which is a well above average rate for the area. This high level of community spirit defines the local landscape, with significantly more residents giving their time compared to the rest of Victoria and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.8% of people helping out. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is typical for the region, with 13.3% of people providing care and 25.5% looking after children. Slightly more people do 15 or more hours of housework than the national figure.
13.3% ▲ +42.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▲ +18.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -18.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 22.9%
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.
A higher than usual proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force. At 4.2%, this is a little above both the state rate of 2.0% and the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Whitfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22772/whitfield/topic/community